Tuning the Lewis acidity of difluorido gold(III) complexes: the synthesis of [AuClF2(SIMes)] and [AuF2(OTeF5)(SIMes)]
Mathias A. Ellwanger, Clara von Randow, Simon Steinhauer, Yunfei Zhou, Anja Wiesner, Helmut Beckers, Thomas Braun, Sebastian Riedel – 2018
The synthesis and structural characterisation of the difluorido organo gold(III) complexes [AuClF₂(SIMes)] and [AuF₂(OTeF₅)(SIMes)] are presented. The substitution of a fluorido ligand in [AuF₃(SIMes)] by an OTeF₅ group increases the Lewis acidity of the Au moiety. A scale for carbene affinities is presented, which correlates calculated and experimental values for the Lewis acidity of the metal centre in akin compounds.
Title
Tuning the Lewis acidity of difluorido gold(III) complexes: the synthesis of [AuClF2(SIMes)] and [AuF2(OTeF5)(SIMes)]
Author
Mathias A. Ellwanger, Clara von Randow, Simon Steinhauer, Yunfei Zhou, Anja Wiesner, Helmut Beckers, Thomas Braun, Sebastian Riedel
Date
2018
Source(s)
Appeared in
Chem. Comm. 2018, 54, 9301 - 9304
Citation
DOI: 10.1039/c8cc05233f
Language
eng