title: Arene C-H activation by gold(iii): solvent-enabled proton shuttling, and observation of a pre-metallation Au-arene intermediate.
abstract: Selective Au-C bond cleavage and arene-C-H activation in (C^N^C)Au(iii) pincer complexes are reversible, leading to a solvent-dependent proton shuttling process. The ether-free cleavage products are non-fluxional and show weak gold(iii)-arene interactions commensurate with intermediates postulated for CMD-type arene activation.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK. m.bochmann@uea.ac.uk.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rocchigiani
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK. m.bochmann@uea.ac.uk.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Cestau
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Sciences, Federico II University of Naples, Via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy. p.budzelaar@unina.it.
authors.forename: P H M
authors.initials: PHM
authors.lastname: Budzelaar
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK. m.bochmann@uea.ac.uk.
authors.forename: M
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7736-5428
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bochmann