A simple halide and silver-free synthesis of Echavarren's catalyst directly from gold powder

Al Bayer, Mohammad; Corbo, Robert; Hill, Anthony F; Dutton, Jason

doi:10.26181/607fc8d752ea3

A simple halide and silver-free synthesis of Echavarren's catalyst directly from gold powder

journal contribution

posted on 2021-05-03, 02:04 authored by Mohammad Al BayerMohammad Al Bayer, Robert Corbo, Anthony F Hill, Jason DuttonJason Dutton

An expedient procedure is reported for the preparation of the synthetically valuable Au(i) complex [Au(MeCN)(P Bu C H Ph-2)][BF ] (Echavarren's catalyst) directly from gold powder using [NO][BF ] in acetonitrile. The synthetic method obviates the potential presence of silver or halide impurities that follow from the tedious conventional synthesis, and have otherwise been shown to moderate catalyst performance.

Funding

We gratefully acknowledge the Australian Research Council (FT160100007) for funding.

History

Publication Date

2018-01-01

Journal

Dalton Transactions

Volume

47

Issue

4

Pagination

4p. (p. 1321-1324)

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

ISSN

1477-9226

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