Under PTC/OH
- (PTC = phase-transfercatalysis) conditions, the reaction ofAu
2(dppm)Cl
2(dppm = 1,1-bis(diphenylphosphino)methane) with[Me
2S(O)NMe
2]BF
4produces a greenishluminescent compound[Au
2(dppm)[(CH
2)
2S(O)NMe
2]]BF
4,
1, and a colorless tetranuclearcompound[Au
4(dppm)(Ph
2PCHPPh
2)[(
-CH)(CH
2)S(O)NMe
2]]BF
4,
2. Both compounds
1 and
2 also can be synthesized from[Au
4(dppm)(Ph
2PCHPPh
2)Cl
3],
3, which can be producedsimply by the reaction ofAu
2(dppm)Cl
2 with OH
-in the presence of a PTC. ForAu
2(dppe)Cl
2(dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane) andAu
2(dmpm)Cl
2 (dmpm =1,1-bis(dimethylphosphino)methane), only[Au
2(dppe)[(CH
2)
2S(O)NMe
2]]PF
6,
4, and[Au
2(dmpm)[(CH
2)
2S(O)NMe
2]]BF
4,
5, areobtained as the major product, respectively. Compounds
1-4 arecharacterized by single-crystal X-ray analyses. Two
C2-related cations of
1 are packed inarow with the intermolecular Au-Au distance (2.959 Å) shorter thanthe intramolecular Au-Au distance (2.984 Å). Compound
2 has one of the ylidecarbon atoms bridging two gold(I)atoms. The tetragold cluster of
3 is formed by anAu-C
linkage between[ClAu(
-Ph
2PCH
2PPh
2)Au]
+ and[ClAu(
-Ph
2PCHPPh
2)AuCl]
-.The digold cation of
4 is a nine-membereddimetallocycle. In acetonitrile solution, dimerization of
1 and
5 through intermolecular Au-Au interaction occurs as evidenced by concentration-dependent absorptionspectroscopicstudies. Concentration-dependent absorption spectra of
1 and
5 suggest that equilibriumsbetween the monomer and dimer exist with equilibrium constants of 33± 9 and 52 ± 7 M
-1in acetonitrile, respectively. Digold(I) compounds
1,
4, and
5 luminesce in the solidstate.