Accessing the Coordination Chemistry of Phosphorus(I) Zwitterions

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) Vol. 51; no. 52; pp. 13026 - 13030
• Main Authors: Dube, Jonathan W., Macdonald, Charles L. B., Ragogna, Paul J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 21.12.2012; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Anions; Borates; Cations; Computation; coordination chemistry; Gold; Ligands; Mathematical models; P ligands; Phosphorus; triphosphenium ions; zwitterionic compounds

Go for the gold! Incorporating a borate anion into the backbone of a triphosphenium cation produces a unique zwitterionic phosphanide that can coordinate to one or two {AuCl} fragments depending on the steric bulk of the ligand (see picture; Au yellow, P purple, Cl green). Computational investigatio...