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Anion⋅⋅⋅Anion Coinage Bonds: The Case of Tetrachloridoaurate.


ABSTRACT: Interactions in crystalline tetrachloridoaurates of acetylcholine and dimethylpropiothetine are characterized by Au⋅⋅⋅Cl and Au⋅⋅⋅O short contacts. The former interactions assemble the AuCl4 - units into supramolecular anionic polymers, while the latter interactions append the acetylcholine and propiothetine units to the polymer. The distorted octahedral geometry of the bonding pattern around the gold center is rationalized on the basis of the anisotropic distribution of the electron density, which enables gold to behave as an electrophile (π-hole coinage-bond donor). Computational studies prove that gold atoms in negatively charged species can function as acceptors of electron density. The attractive nature of the Au⋅⋅⋅Cl/O interactions described here complement the known aurophilic bonds involved in gold-centered interactions.

SUBMITTER: Daolio A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8251892 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Anion⋅⋅⋅Anion Coinage Bonds: The Case of Tetrachloridoaurate.

Daolio Andrea A   Pizzi Andrea A   Terraneo Giancarlo G   Ursini Maurizio M   Frontera Antonio A   Resnati Giuseppe G  

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20210519 26


Interactions in crystalline tetrachloridoaurates of acetylcholine and dimethylpropiothetine are characterized by Au⋅⋅⋅Cl and Au⋅⋅⋅O short contacts. The former interactions assemble the AuCl<sub>4</sub> <sup>-</sup> units into supramolecular anionic polymers, while the latter interactions append the acetylcholine and propiothetine units to the polymer. The distorted octahedral geometry of the bonding pattern around the gold center is rationalized on the basis of the anisotropic distribution of th  ...[more]

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