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2}] or PPN[Au{CH{C(O)R}
2}
2] [w
here PPN = (P
h3P)
2N] react wit
han excess of CS
2 to give, respectively, [Tl
2{S
2C=C{C(O)R}
2}]
n [R = Me (
1) or P
h (
2)] or (PPN)
2[Au
2{
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-
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2-S
2C=C{C(O)R}
2}
2] [R = Me (
3·PPN) or P
h (
4·PPN)]. T
he gold complexes
3·PPN and
4·PPN can also be obtainedfrom PPN[AuCl
2] and t
he corresponding t
hallium 1,1-et
hylenedit
hiolate. PPN[AuCl
4] reacts wit
h 1 to givePPN[Au{
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2-S
2C=C{C(O)Me}
2}
2] (
5) w
hic
h, in turn, reacts wit
h P
hICl
2, Br
2 or I
2 (1:1) to give PPN[AuX
2{
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2-S
2C=C{C(O)Me}
2}] [X = Cl (
6), Br (
7), or I (
8)]. By reacting
6 wit
h TlCF
3SO
3 and 1,10-p
henant
hroline (p
hen)in 1:2:1 molar ratio, t
he cationic complex [Au{
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2-S
2C=C{C(O)Me}
2}(p
hen)]CF
3SO
3 (
9) can be obtained. T
hecrystal structures of
5 and
6·0.5Me
2CO
have been determined. T
hird-order nonlinearities of
3·PPN,
3·Pr
4N,
5,and
6 have been evaluated by t
he Z-scan tec
hnique; an increase in nonlinearity upon extending t
he
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h t
he anionic dimetallacycle containing two gold and four sulfur atoms in
3 responsible for t
helargest nonlinearities (approximately 100 × 10
-36 esu).