Synthesis of cationic dialkylgold(III) complexes: nature of the facile reductive elimination of alkane |
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Authors: | P. Lawrence Kuch R. Stuart Tobias |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A series of gold(III) cations of the type cis-[CH3)2AuL2]+ X? where L Ph3, PMePh2, PMe2Ph, PMe3, AsPh3, AsPh3, SbPh3, H2NCH2CH2NH2, Ph2PCH2CH2-PPh2, Ph2AsCH2CH2AsPh2, and o-C6H4(AsMe2)2 and X BF4?, PF6?, ClO4?, and F3CSO3? has been prepared. In addition, the cis complexes [(CH3)(CD3)-Au(PPh3)2]F3CSO3, [(C2H5)2Au(PPh3)2]F3CSO and [(n-C4H9)2Au(PPh3)2]F3-CSO3 have been synthesized. All have been characterized by PMR, Raman and infrared spectroscopy. These [R2AuL2]X compounds yield only ethane, butane, or octane via reductive elimination, and no disproportionation is observed. The alkane eliminations have been studied in CHCl3, CH3Cl2, and CH3COCH3 solution as a function of temperature, concentration of the complex, and concentration of added ligand L. Elimination is fastest when L is bulky (PPh3 > PMePh2 > PMe2Ph > PMe3), decreases in the sequence SbPh3 > AsPh3 > PPh3, is slow with chelating ligands, is inhibited by excess ligand, and there is small anion effect as X is varied. As R is varied, the rate of elimination decreases Bu ? Et > Me. An intramolecular dissociative mechanism is proposed which involves rapid elimination of alkane from an electron deficient dialkylgold(III) complex with nonequivalent gold—carbon bonds and produces the corresponding [AuL2]X complex. |
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