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Title: Phosphole complexes of Gold(I) halides: Comparison of solution and solid-state structures by a combination of solution and CP/MAS sup 31 P NMR spectroscopy and x-ray crystallography

Journal Article · · Inorganic Chemistry; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00328a017· OSTI ID:6902189
;  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Univ. of Nevada, Reno (USA)
  2. JEOL NMR Application Lab., Peabody, MA (USA)
  3. Univ. of Warwick, Coventry (England)
  4. Univ. of Guelph, Ontario (Canada)

A series of complexes of 1-phenyldibenzophosphole (DBP), 1-phenyl-3,4,-dimethylphosphole (DMPP), and triphenylphosphine of the type L{sub n}AuX (n = 1, L = DBP, DMPP, Ph{sub 3}P, X = Cl, Br, I; n = 3, L = DBP, X = Cl, Br, I; n = 3, L = Ph{sub 3}P, X = Cl; n = 4, L = DBP, DMPP, X = PF{sub 6}) have been prepared and characterized. The structures of (DBP)AuCl (1), (DBP){sub 3}AuCl (2), and (DMPP)AuCl (3) have been determined from three-dimensional x-ray data collected by counter methods. Crystal structure of the complexes is reported. The CP/MAS {sup 31}P({sup 1}H) NMR spectrum of complex 1 shows two resonances in a 1:1 intensity ratio, and the CP/MAS {sup 31}P({sup 1}H) NMR spectrum of complex 3 shows three resonances in a 1:1:1 intensity ratio for reasons that are not yet understood. Though the three phospholes are crystallographically inequivalent (d(AuP) = 2.359 (1), 2.382 (1), and 2.374 (2) {angstrom}) the molecule has effective C{sub s} symmetry as evidenced by the observation of two {sup 31}P resonances in a 2:1 intensity ratio in its CP/MAS {sup 31}P({sup 1}H) NMR spectrum. Variable-temperature {sup 31}P({sup 1}H) NMR spectra obtained on solutions of LAuCl + L in various ratios were analyzed to determine the nature of the species present in solution and to gain information regarding their relative stabilities as a function of the nature of the phosphine. 79 refs., 8 figs., 9 tabs.

OSTI ID:
6902189
Journal Information:
Inorganic Chemistry; (USA), Vol. 29:3; ISSN 0020-1669
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English