Complexes of gold(I) with a chiral diphosphine and bis(pyridine) ligands: Isomeric macrocycles and a polymer

Unusual {···HNC2O···HCnO}, n = 1 or 2, synthons predominate in the molecular packing of the one-dimensional coordination polymers, {Cd[S2P(OR)2]2(3LH2)}n, for R = Me and Et, but are precluded when R = i-Pr; 3LH2 = N,N′-bis(3-pyridylmethyl)oxalamide

Linear, one-dimensional coordination polymers, {Cd[S2P(OR)2]2(3LH2)}n, for R = Me (1), Et (2) and i-Pr (3) have been fully characterised by a variety of physiochemical, spectroscopic, crystallographic and computational techniques. Two-dimensional...

Dinuclear gold(i) complexes: from bonding to applications

The last two decades have seen a veritable explosion in the use of gold(i) complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) and phosphine (PR₃) ligands.