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Solid-state Spectroscopic and Structural Investigation of cis-(CH3)2Au(O,O′-acac)

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The structure of cis-(CH3)2Au(O,O′-acac) was investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Cmca with unit cell dimensions a = 6.7831(13) Å, b = 15.080(3) Å, c = 18.073(3) Å and α = β = γ = 90°. The molecule is planar but lacks a C2 axis in the solid-state, with two Au–C bond lengths that differ by 0.078(21) Å due to crystal packing effects. The inequivalence of the crystallographic carbon positions is evident in the solid-state 13C CP-MAS NMR spectrum, which was recorded at low temperature due to the thermal sensitivity of the compound during magic-angle spinning. Head-to-tail stacking, which creates short intermolecular paths, was reproduced computationally in a dimer model.

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Solid-state Spectroscopic and Structural Investigation of cis -(CH 3 ) Au 2 ( O , O ′-acac)

Miyako Hisamoto • Swarup Chattopadhyay • Juergen Eckert • Guang Wu • Susannah L. Scott

In the solid state, cis-(CH3)2Au(O,O′-acac) has no C2 axis, two different Au–C bond lengths (1.960, 2.038 Å; Δd = 0.078(21) Å) and a close Au–C…C–Au contact; these features give rise to additional features in the 13C CP-MAS NMR spectrum.

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Acknowledgements

This work was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, Catalysis Science Grant No. DE-FG02-03ER15467. The authors thank George Athens for assistance in recording the solid-state NMR spectrum. This work also made use of MRL Central Facilities supported by the MRSEC Program of the National Science Foundation, under award No. DMR05-20415.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-5080, USA

    Miyako Hisamoto, Swarup Chattopadhyay & Susannah L. Scott

  2. Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

    Juergen Eckert

  3. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

    Guang Wu & Susannah L. Scott

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Hisamoto, M., Chattopadhyay, S., Eckert, J. et al. Solid-state Spectroscopic and Structural Investigation of cis-(CH3)2Au(O,O′-acac). J Chem Crystallogr 39, 173–177 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-008-9449-0

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