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Gold(I) Vinylidene Complexes as Reactive Intermediates and Their Tendency to π‐Backbond
Author(s) -
Nunes dos Santos Comprido Laura,
Klein Johannes E. M. N.,
Knizia Gerald,
Kästner Johannes,
Hashmi A. Stephen K.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201504511
Subject(s) - carbene , intramolecular force , reactive intermediate , chemistry , polymer chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis
We herein report a computational study of the bonding in gold(I) vinylidene complexes and compare them to their carbene and CO analogues. The relevance of these intermediates is analysed for the intramolecular cyclisation leading to vinyl sulfonates.