Chemistry: A European Journal 2012-11-12

Coordination chemistry of gold catalysts in solution: a detailed NMR study.

Alexander Zhdanko, Markus Ströbele, Martin E Maier

Index: Chemistry 18(46) , 14732-44, (2012)

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Abstract

Coordination chemistry of gold catalysts bearing eight different ligands [L=PPh(3), JohnPhos (L2), Xphos (L3), DTBP, IMes, IPr, dppf, S-tolBINAP (L8)] has been studied by NMR spectroscopy in solution at room temperature. Cationic or neutral mononuclear complexes LAuX (L=L2, L3, IMes, IPr; X=charged or neutral ligand) underwent simple ligand exchange without giving any higher coordinate complexes. For L2AuX the following ligand strength series was determined: MeOH≪hex-3-yne