title: Silver and gold complexes with a new 1,10-phenanthroline analogue N-heterocyclic carbene: a combined structural, theoretical, and photophysical study.
abstract: Unusual coordination for gold: an imidazolium salt was synthesized and used as a precursor for an N-heterocyclic carbene, which can be considered as the carbene analogue of 1,10-phenanthroline. Like the diimine congener, this ligand gives luminescent metal complexes. Remarkably, the Au(III) complex features a gold atom in an unusual environment: it is surrounded by six donor atoms, two of which interact electrostatically with the Au atom.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Johannes-Kepler-Universität, Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: Margit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kriechbaum
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: List
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: J F Berger
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patzschke
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Monkowius