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Small-molecule activation at Au(III): metallacycle construction from ethylene, water and acetonitrile

Abstract

Incorporation of the simple, readily available, building blocks ethylene, water and acetonitrile into Au(tpy)(OCOCF3)2 (tpy = 2-(p-tolyl)pyridine) in a one-step reaction leads to high yields of a new 6-membered ring gold(III) metallacycle complex. The metallacycle has been characterized spectroscopically and crystallographically, and the mechanism of its formation has been investigated with the aid of DFT calculations.

Category

Academic article

Client

  • Research Council of Norway (RCN) / 221801
  • Research Council of Norway (RCN) / 179568
  • Sigma2 / NN4654K
  • Sigma2 / nn4654k

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Marte Sofie Holmsen
  • Ainara Nova
  • David Balcells
  • Eirin Langseth
  • Sigurd Øien-Ødegaard
  • Eline Aasen Tråseth
  • Richard H Heyn
  • Mats Tilset

Affiliation

  • University of Oslo
  • SINTEF Industry / Process Technology

Year

2016

Published in

Dalton Transactions

ISSN

1477-9226

Volume

45

Issue

37

Page(s)

14719 - 14724

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