Z. Naturforsch. 51 b, 801-805 (1996); received December 4, 1995 Carbodiimide, Gold Complexes, (Phosphine)gold Carbodiimides The reaction of N,N'-bis(trimethylsilyl)carbodiimide with equimolar quantities of tris[(triphenylphosphine)gold]oxonium tetrafluoroborate in dichloromethane at -40°C gives high yields of a trinuclear complex {[(Ph3P)Au]2NCN[Au(PPh3)]}+ BF4~(1). According to variable temper...

The acyclic ligands H4C3octapa and p-SCN-Bn-H4C3octapa were synthesized for the first time, using nosyl protection chemistry. These new ligands were compared to the previously studied ligands H4octapa and p-SCN-Bn-H4octapa to determine the extent to which the addition of a single carbon atom to the backbone of the ligand would affect metal coordination, complex stability, and, ultimately, utili...

In reactions with weak dienophiles, cyclooctatetraene (COT) often yields 2:1 adducts possessing the fluxional bicyclo[5.1.0]octadiene moiety. They undergo fast, nearly degenerate Cope rearrangement with an activation barrier similar to that of the parent dihydrobullvalene. Irradiation to excite the carbonyl moiety induces an intramolecular Paterno-Buchi cyclization yielding endo-oxetanes and si...

The theory of frame transformation relation connecting body oriented angular momentum states and lab weakly coupled momentum states have been extended from rotor-electron to rotor-dimer systems. Coupling schemes are analyzed for weak and strong cases of correlation between lab and two different rotor body frames. It is shown that the frame transformation relation is a purely quantum effect at l...

In tetracoordinate cobalt(I) halide compounds CoX(Ph2P OH)(PMe3)2 (X = Cl, Br) o-phosphanylphenols Ph2P OH are coordinated as phosphane ligands. In the presence of base chelating anions Ph2P O give rise to pentacoordinate complexes Co(Ph2 P O)(PMe3)3. Molecular structures are presented for both types of compounds. The five-membered chelate ring in Co(Ph2P O)(PMe3)3 is resistant to protonation, ...

A series of cationic white phosphorus complexes of the coinage metals Au and Cu have been synthesised and characterised both in the solid state and in solution. All complexes feature a P4 unit coordinated through an edge P-P vector (η(2)-like), although the degree of activation (as measured by the coordinated P-P bond length) is greater in the gold species. All of the cations are fluxional on t...