Using sodium acetate for the synthesis of [Au(NHC)X] complexes

Thomas Scattolin, Nikolaos V. Tzouras, Laura Falivene, Luigi Cavallo, Steven P. Nolan

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Abstract

Sodium acetate enables the synthesis of [Au(NHC)Cl] complexes, as well as their Au-alkynyl and -thiolato derivatives in high yields, under air and in technical grade, green solvents. The mild synthetic methods are also investigated computationally.
Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalDalton Transactions
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 26 2020

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: We gratefully acknowledge VLAIO (SBO project CO2PERATE), the Special Research Fund (BOF) of Ghent University for starting and project grants to SPN. L. C. acknowledges King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) for support and the KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory for providing computational resources of the supercomputer Shaheen II. Umicore AG is gratefully acknowledged for generous gifts of materials.

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