A Carbene-Stabilized Gold(I) Fluoride:  Synthesis and
Theory

Laitar, David S.; Müller, Peter; Gray, Thomas G.; Sadighi, Joseph P.

doi:10.1021/om050619f.s001

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A Carbene-Stabilized Gold(I) Fluoride: Synthesis and Theory

journal contribution

posted on 2005-09-12, 00:00 authored by David S. Laitar, Peter Müller, Thomas G. Gray, Joseph P. Sadighi

The first isolable gold(I) fluoride complex, stabilized by an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand, has been isolated in two-coordinate monomeric form. DFT calculations show significant pπ/dπ interactions between fluoride and gold(I) and indicate a substantial negative charge on fluorine.