[AuCl(
SMe
2)] react
s with HC
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CR (R = bpyl = 2,2′-bipyridine-5-yl (
1), phtpyl = phenyl-4-(2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine-4-yl) (
2)) and NEt
3 (1:1:3) to afford the polymer
s [Au(C
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n (R = bpyl (
3), phtpyl (
4)). The new alkyne HC
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5, phccbpyl = 4-C
6H
4C
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s been prepared by Sonoga
shira coupling of 4-Me
3SiC
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6H
4I and
1 followed by de
silylation of the re
sulting alkyne 4-Me
3SiC
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xes [Au(C
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3 (
6), PTol
3 (
7, Tol = 4-MeC
6H
4), PEt
3 (
8); R = phtpyl, L = XyNC (
9), PPh
3 (
10); R = phccbpyl, L = PPh
3 (
11)) have been prepared by reacting: (1)
3 or
4 with L or (2) the corre
sponding alkyne
1,
2, or
5 with [Au(acac)(PPh
3)] (acac = acetylacetonato). The reaction of
3 or
4 with dipho
sphine
s give
s [{Au(C
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2(μ-Ph
2P(CH
2)
xPPh
2)] (R = bpyl,
x = 1 (
12), 2 (
13), 4 (
14), 10 (
15); R = phtpyl,
x = 10 (
16)). ESI ma
ss spectrometric
studie
s show that comple
xes 12&nda
sh;
14 are in equilibrium with the
salt
s [Au
3(C
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2(μ-Ph
2P(CH
2)
xPPh
2)
2][Au(C
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2], although only when
x = 1 (
17) wa
s a
significant concentration of the
salt detected by NMR
spectro
scopy and i
solated. The anionic comple
xes PPN[Au(C
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2] (R = bpyl (
18), phtpyl (
19), or phccbpyl (
20)) have been prepared by reaction of the corre
sponding alkyne
s with PPN[Au(acac)
2]. Comple
xes 6,
10,
13,
14,
17, and
18 have been characterized by
single-
cry
stal X-ray diffraction
studie
s. The alkynyl comple
xes are lumine
scent at room temperature, di
splaying dual emi
ssion
s.