Small-molecule activation at Au(iii): metallacycle construction from ethylene, water, and acetonitrile.
Incorporation of the simple, readily available, building blocks ethylene, water and acetonitrile into Au(tpy)(OCOCF3)2 (tpy = 2-(p-tolyl)pyridine) in a one-step reaction leads to high yields of a new 6-membered ring gold(iii) metallacycle complex. The metallacycle has been characterized spectroscopically and crystallographically, and the mechanism of its formation has been investigated with the aid of DFT calculations.
Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1033 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway. mats.tilset@kjemi.uio.no.
Marte Sofie Martinsen
MS
Holmsen
Ainara
A
Nova
David
D
Balcells
Eirin
E
Langseth
Sigurd
S
Øien-Ødegaard
Eline Aasen
EA
Tråseth
Richard H
RH
Heyn
Mats
M
Tilset