Steps on the Way to Building Blocks, Topologies, Crystals and X-ray Structural Analysis of Photosystems I and II of Water-oxidizing Photosynthesis

Chemistry in Environmentally Benign Medi

Chemistry in Environmentally Benign Media, 8 Hydroxymethyl Functionalized Phosphanes as Building Blocks to new Water-Soluble Gold(I) Complexes - synthesis, Characterization, and X-ray crystal Structures of Novel Tetrahedral [Au{P(CH2OH)3}4]+ and Trigonal Planar [Au(Ph2PCH2OH)3]+ Gold (I) Complexes

✍ Berning, Douglas E. ;Katti, Kattesh V. ;Barnes, Charles L. ;Volkert, Wynn A. 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) 🌐 English ⚖ 473 KB 👁 1 views

The reactions of water-soluble phosphanes P(CH,OH), (1) and Ph2PCH20H (2) with NaAuC14 in aqueous or alcoholic media, produced the water/alcoholic-soluble Au' complexes [Au(P(CH,OH),),]+ (3) and [Au(Ph2PCH20H):J+ (4) in near quantitative yields. The X-ray structures of 3 and 4, reported in this pape