[(PP
h3)
2N][Au(SH)
2]reacts wit
h CS
2 in acetone to give[(PP
h3)
2N]
2[Au
2(CS
3)
2](
1) w
hic
h reacts wit
h iodine(1:1) or P
hICl
2 (1:1) to give
2 or
2', w
hic
h is an equimolar mixture of t
he gold(III)complex [(PP
h3)
2N][Au(CS
3)
2] (
3) and[(PP
h3)
2N][AuX
2] (X = I,Cl). T
hese mixtures decompose in dic
hloromet
hane or acetonesolutionsgiving an insoluble dark-red solid analyzing as t
he mixed-valencecomplex[(PP
h3)
2N][Au
In{Au
III(CS
3)
2}
n+1](
4)wit
h an average
n value of 6. T
he best met
hod toprepare
3 is by reacting
2 wit
h PTo
3(To = C
6H
4Me-4). T
hereaction of
4 wit
h[Et
2NC(S)S]
2 gives[Au(S
2CCNEt
2)
2][Au(CS
3)
2](
5), w
hic
h can also be obtained by reacting
3 wit
h[Au(S
2CNEt
2)
2]ClO
4.T
he complex[(PP
h3)
2N][AuCl
2(CS
3)](
6) can be obtained by reacting
3 wit
hP
hICl
2(1:1) or
1 wit
h P
hICl
2 (1:2). By reactionof
6 wit
h an excess of NaBr, t
he complex[(PP
h3)
2N][AuBr
2(CS
3)](
7)can be isolated. Iodine reacts wit
h 3 (1:1) to give[(PP
h3)
2N][AuI
2(CS
3)](
8). Cationic complexes[Au(CS
3)(LL)]CF
3SO
3 [LL = 1,10-p
henant
hroline(p
hen) (
9), 2,2'-bipyridyl (bipy) (
10)] can beobtained by reacting
6 wit
hTlO
3SCF
3 and t
he corresponding bidentateligand (1:2:1). Complex
6 crystallizes in t
he triclinicsystem, spacegroup
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
, wit
h a = 9.482(2) Å,
b = 11.888(2) Å,
c = 17.303(2) Å,
![](/images/gifc<font color=)
hars/alp
ha.gif" BORDER=0> = 108.236(6)
![](/images/entities/deg.gif)
,
![](/images/gifc<font color=)
hars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 93.340(10)
![](/images/entities/deg.gif)
,
![](/images/gifc<font color=)
hars/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 >=95.605(10)
![](/images/entities/deg.gif)
,
V = 1835.5 Å
3, and
Z = 2. T
he structure was refined to values of R1 =0.0393 [
I > 2
![](/images/gifc<font color=)
hars/sigma.gif" BORDER=0 >(
I)] andwR2 = 0.0970 (all data). T
he planar coordination at t
he goldatom is distorted by t
he bite of t
he CS
3 ligand[t
heS(2)-Au-S(1) angle is only 74.49(7)
![](/images/entities/deg.gif)
]. T
heCS
Au bond distances are 1.743(7) and 1.748(7) Å,w
hereas t
heCS
exo bond is muc
h s
horter at 1.608(7)Å.