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- Title
Preparing Gold(I) for Interactions with Proton Donors: The Elusive [Au]⋅⋅⋅HO Hydrogen Bond.
- Authors
Groenewald, Ferdinand; Dillen, Jan; Raubenheimer, Helgard G.; Esterhuysen, Catharine
- Abstract
MP2 and DFT calculations with correlation consistent basis sets indicate that isolated linear anionic dialkylgold(I) complexes form moderately strong (ca. 10 kcal mol−1) Au⋅⋅⋅H hydrogen bonds with single H2O molecules as donors in the absence of sterically demanding substituents. Relativistic effects are critically important in the attraction. Such bonds are significantly weaker in neutral, strong σ-donor N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes (ca. 5 kcal mol−1). The overall association (>11 kcal mol−1), however, is strengthened by co-operative, synergistic classical hydrogen bonding when the NHC ligands bear NH units. Further manipulation of the interaction by ligands positioned trans to the carbene, is possible.
- Subjects
GOLD compounds; HYDROGEN bonding; PROTONS; CARBENE derivatives; DENSITY functional theory; HETEROCYCLIC compounds
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, Vol 55, Issue 5, p1694
- ISSN
1433-7851
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/anie.201508358