Self-assembly of molecular cylinders from polycarbene ligands and Ag(I) or Au(I)

Arnab Rit; Tania Pape; F Ekkehardt Hahn

doi:10.1021/ja101490d

Self-assembly of molecular cylinders from polycarbene ligands and Ag(I) or Au(I)

J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Apr 7;132(13):4572-3. doi: 10.1021/ja101490d.

Authors

Arnab Rit¹, Tania Pape, F Ekkehardt Hahn

Affiliation

¹ Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.

PMID: 20222710
DOI: 10.1021/ja101490d

Abstract

Tris- and tetrakis(imidazolium) salts react with Ag(2)O to give cylindrical polynuclear silver(I) complexes such as the tetrasilver derivative [Ag(4)(1)(2)](PF(6))(4). The silver(I) complexes undergo transmetalation with [AuCl(SMe(2))] to yield homonuclear gold(I) complexes with retention of the metallosupramolecular assembly.