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[(Ph3P)AuCo(CO)3(PPh3)] has been synthesised from [(Ph3P)AuCo(CO)4], PPh3v and Me3NO in acetonitrile. Its molecular structure, determined by single-crystal x-ray crystallography, consists of an almost linear P-Au-Co-P arrangement in which the Co atom is in a slightly distorted trigonalbipyramidal geometry, with the Au and P atoms occupying the apical sites. The Au-Co bond length of 2.450(1) Å is shorter than that reported for [(Ph3P)AuCo(CO)4]. The carbonyl ligands are bent towards the Au atom and the mean Au-Co-C angle is 81(1)°.
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Bashkin, J., Briant, C.E., Mingos, D.M.P. et al. Synthesis and structural characterisation of [(Ph3P)AuCo(CO)3(PPh3)]. Transition Met Chem 10, 113–114 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00618462
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