Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Kitauoya‐higashi‐machi, Nara, 630‐8506 (Japan), Fax: (+81)?742‐20‐3847
Abstract:
A flexible building block : Flexible tetragold(I) chain complexes supported by a new single methylene‐bridged tetraphosphine ligand were synthesized and further transformed into discrete linear octagold(I) {Au8} and cyclic hexagold(I) {Au6} structures by reaction with KI and NaAuCl4, respectively (see picture, Au purple, Cl dark green, PF6 light green, I pink). The tetragold complexes are also luminescent at room temperature.
