Vesseur D, Miqueu K, Bourissou D. Combining ligand-enhanced backdonation and steric shielding to stabilize a mono-substituted Au(I) carbene.
Chem Commun (Camb) 2023;
59:5387-5390. [PMID:
37067861 DOI:
10.1039/d3cc01007d]
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Abstract
A mono-substituted Au(I) carbene was prepared by reacting HC(N2)(Dmp) (Dmp = 2,6-dimesitylphenyl) with an (o-carboranyl)-diphosphine AuNTf2 complex. It is stable up to -10 °C and was characterized by NMR spectrocopy. According to DFT calculations, the chelating P^P ligand enhances Au → Ccarb backdonation, while the Dmp substituent provides kinetic stabilization but does not bias the electronic structure of the carbene complex.
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