In this paper we describe the synthesis of a series of cyclic and acyclic gold phosphine,phosphide, and phosphodiide derivatives of the primary phosphine PPhH
2. Thus, by reacting[Au(C
6F
5)
x(tht)] (
x = 1, 3) with an equimolecular amount of PPhH
2, the phosphino complexes[Au(C
6F
5)
x(PPhH
2)] (
x = 1, 3) are obtained. The gold(III) complex [Au(C
6F
5)
3(PPhH
2)] reactswith gold(I), silver(I), or gold(III) reagents in the presence of a deprotonating agent, leadingto the new di- or trinuclear phenylphosphide derivatives [Au(C
6F
5)
3(
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-PPhH)Au(PR
3)] (R =Ph, Me), PPN[{Au(C
6F
5)
3}
2(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-PPhH)], or PPN[{Au(C
6F
5)
3(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-PPhH)}
2M] (M = Au, Ag). Theanionic gold(III) complex PPN[{Au(C
6F
5)
3}
2(
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-PPhH)] further reacts with similar gold(I)precursors to afford higher nuclearity phosphodiide species, such as PPN[{Au(C
6F
5)
3}
2(
3-PPh){Au(PPh
3)}], (PPN)
2[{Au(C
6F
5)
3}
2(
3-PPh){Au(C
6F
5)}], or (PPN)
3[{(Au(C
6F
5)
3)
2(
3-PPh)}
2Au]. Furthermore, treatment of [Au(C
6F
5)
2(
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-Cl)]
2 with PPhH
2 results in the formation ofthe cyclic trinuclear complex [Au(C
6F
5)
2(
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-PPhH)]
3, which can further react with [Au(acac)(PPh
3)] to afford the tetranuclear phosphide/phosphodiide derivative [{Au(C
6F
5)
2(
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-PPhH)}
2{Au(C
6F
5)
2(
3-PPh)Au(PPh
3)}]. The crystal structures of compounds PPN[{Au(C
6F
5)
3}
2(
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-PPhH)], [{Au(C
6F
5)
3}(
3-PPh){Au(PPh
3)}
2], and [Au(C
6F
5)
2(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-PPhH)]
3 have been determinedby X-ray diffraction methods.