title: A RhII-AuII bimetallic core with a direct metal-metal bond.
abstract: The d8...d10 heterobimetallic RhIAuI(tfepma)2(CNtBu)2Cl2 (1) complex (tfepma = bis[bis(trifluoroethoxy)phosphino]methylamine) is oxidized by KAuIIICl4 to give the first structurally characterized d7-d9 RhII-AuII singly bonded metal complex [RhIIAuII(tfepma)2(CNtBu)2Cl3]+[AuICl2]- (2). Complex 2 undergoes a thermal intermetal redox reaction to generate fac-RhIII(tfepma)(CNtBu)Cl3 (3) and Au2I,I(tfepma)2Cl2 (4).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 6, Room 335, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, USA.
authors.forename: Arthur J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Esswein
authors.forename: Jillian L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dempsey
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Nocera