Synthesis and multinuclear NMR investigation on gold(III)-triphenylphosphine-pentafluorophenyl-arylazoimidazole

Reaction of Au(C₆F₅)(PPh₃)(OSO₂CF₃)₂] with RaaiR′ in dichloromethane medium followed ligand addition leads to Au(PPh₃)(C₆F₅)(RaaiR′)](OSO₂CF₃)₂ where RaaiR′ = p-R-C₆H₄-N=N-C₃H₂-NN-1-R′ (I–III), abbreviated as N, N′-chelator, where N(imidazole) and N(azo) represent N and N′, respectively; R = H (a), Me (b), Cl (c) and R′ = Me (I), CH₂CH₃ (II), CH₂Ph (III), PPh₃ is triphenylphosphine, OSO₂CF₃ is the triflate anion. The maximum molecular peak of the corresponding molecule is observed in the ESI mass spectrum. IR spectra of the complexes show -C=N- and -N=N- stretching near at ∼1590 and 1370 cm⁻¹ and at ∼1100, 755, 695, 545, and 505 cm⁻¹ due to the presence of triphenylphosphine and pentafluoropheny ring. The ¹H NMR spectral measurements suggest methylene (-CH₂-) in RaaiEt that gives a complex AB type multiplet with coupling constant of av. 6.6 Hz while in RaaiCH₂Ph it shows AB type quartets with coupling constant of av. 6.2 Hz. Considering all the moitie there are a lot of different carbon atoms in the molecule which gives a lot of eleven different peaks in the ¹³C {¹H}NMR spectrum. In the ¹H-¹H COSY NMR spectrum of the present complexes and contour peaks in the ¹H-¹³C HMQC NMR spectrum in the present complexes, assign the solution structure and stereo-retentive transformation in each step. The article is published in the original.