title: A square-planar hydrated cationic tetrakis(methimazole)gold(III) complex.
abstract: The cationic pseudo-square-planar complex tetrakis(1-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazole-2-thione-κS)gold(III) trichloride sesquihydrate, [Au(C4H6N2S)4]Cl3·1.5H2O, was isolated as dark-red crystals from the reaction of chloroauric acid trihydrate (HAuCl4·3H2O) with four equivalents of methimazole in methanol. The Au(III) atoms reside at the corners of the unit cell on an inversion center and are bound by the S atoms of four methimazole ligands in a planar arrangement, with S-Au-S bond angles of approximately 90°.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Physics, Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA 31419, USA.
authors.forename: Will E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Physics, Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA 31419, USA.
authors.forename: Clifford W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Padgett
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Physics, Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA 31419, USA.
authors.forename: Brandon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Quillian
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Physics, Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA 31419, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haddock
keywords: S-donor ligands; crystal structure; gold(III) complex; metal–organic compound; methimazole