A new class of donor–acceptor type luminescent bis(alkynyl)gold(III) N^C complexes has been synthesized and characterized. These gold(III) complexes not only exhibit high photoluminescence quantum yields of up to 0.81, but also interesting mechanochromic luminescence behaviors that are reversible. Upon grinding, a dramatic luminescence color change from green to red can be observed in solid sam...

BACKGROUND The novel chiral phosphorus-1,1-dithiolates [4-CH3OC6H4P(S)(OR)S]-[H3NC(CH3)3]+ were synthesized by the reaction of [RPS2)]2 (R = 4-MeOC6H4) or P2S5 and the respective alcohol ROH (R = myrtanyl, 2-naphthylethyl, myrtenyl, borneol) in toluene. The reaction of phosphorus-1,1-dithiolates 1-4 and Au(tht)Cl, AuClPPh3 or AgNO3 and PPh3 gave rise to gold(I)- and silver(I)-complexes in THF. ...

new macrocyclic polyether-diester ligands (3-5) containing the 4h-pyran-4-one subcyclic unit have been prepared by treating various glycols with dimethyl chelidonate (10). in the reaction of compound 10 with ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, two noncyclic diester and tetraester (6-9) were produced in each case. the new marcocyclic ligand 4 formed stable complexes with benzylammonium perchl...

The water-gas shift (WGS) reaction is an important process for the generation of hydrogen. Heterogeneous gold catalysts exhibit good WGS activity, but the nature of the active site, the oxidation state, and competing reaction mechanisms are very much matters of debate. Homogeneous gold WGS systems that could shed light on the mechanism are conspicuous by their absence: gold(I)-CO is inactive an...

We herein report an unprecedented reactivity of mononuclear gold catalysts acting as classical and at the same time active partners in a radical chain mechanism, whereby is only catalyst. The mechanism photo-induced photosensitizer-free “gold only”-catalyzed cross coupling was studied detail – experimentally theoretically based on reaction between arylboronic acids aryldiazonium salts. With sys...

Due to their broad spectrum of biological activity and antiproliferative effect on different human cancer cell lines, gold compounds have been in the focus of drug research for many years. Gold(I)-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes are of particular interest, because of their stability, ease of derivatization and clear cytotoxicity in cancer cells. To obtain a more detailed view of the molecular ...

Gold(III) complexes are emerging as a new class of metal complexes with outstanding cytotoxic properties and are presently being evaluated as potential antitumor agents. This renewed interest is the result of recent studies in which various gold(III) complexes have been shown to be stable under physiological conditions and to manifest relevant antiproliferative properties against selected human...