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A Silver(I)–Gold(II) Hexanuclear Guanidinate–Benzoate Cluster with Short Au–Au Bonds

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Attempts to remove the halide atoms from [Au2(hpp)2Cl2], 1, Hhpp = 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-2H-pyrimido[1,2-a]pyrimidine, with Ag(I) benzoate lead to the formation of the Au(I)–Ag(I) product, [(PhCOO)2Au4(hpp)4Ag2(PhCOO)4], 2. This material is stable to air and light at room temperature and shows a UV–vis spectrum in THF with absorbances at 575, 440, 345, and 273 nm. The mixed metal product crystallizes as green crystals in the monoclinic space group P21/n. The Au–Au distances of 2.4473(19) Å are the shortest gold–gold distances reported to date. The gold···silver distance is 3.344(3) Å and the silver···silver distance is 2.771(6) Å. This latter distance is short compared with the Ag···Ag distance of 2.902(3) Å in the eight-membered silver benzoate dimer starting material. The Au(II) hpp and Ag(I) benzoate components are linked by carboxylate groups and two gold-silver interactions. This result stands in structural contrast to terminal carboxylate products observed with Au(II) ylides and amidinates wherein the carboxylate is not bridging to another metal atom.

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Three equivalents of silver benzoate react with [Au2(hpp)2Cl2], 1, Hhpp = 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-2H-pyrimido[1,2-a]pyrimidine, to form the gold(II)-silver(I) product, 2, [(PhCOO)2Au4(hpp)4Ag2(PhCOO)4]. The gold–gold distance of 2.4473(19) Å is the shortest gold–gold distance reported to date. The gold–silver distance is 3.344(3) Å and the silver–silver distance is 2.771(6) Å.

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Mohamed, A.A., Abdou, H.E., Mayer, A. et al. A Silver(I)–Gold(II) Hexanuclear Guanidinate–Benzoate Cluster with Short Au–Au Bonds. J Clust Sci 19, 551–559 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-008-0198-1

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