Carborane-dithiolate ligand

Homoleptic gold(III) complexes with other related dithiolate ligands, as dmit (317),1855-1864 dddt,1865,1866 l,3,5-trithiepin-6,7-dithiolate,1867 dithiosquarate (318),1868,1869 6,7-dihydro-6-methy-lene-5H-l,4-dithiepine-2,3-dithiolate,1870 3,4-thiophenedithiolate (319),1637 quinoxaline-3,3-dithiolate (320),1871 2,2-diacetylethylene-1,1-dithiolate,1872 or o-carborane-1,2-dithiolate have been... 

Homoleptic gold(III) derivatives with dithiolate, ligands of the type [Au(S-S)2] are well known and are usually prepared from [AuC14] with the dithiol some examples are with 1,2-benzene dithiolate, maleonitriledithiolate, dmit, and so on, [164, 336]. Similar complexes have been reported for bidentate sulfur ligands such as dithiocarbamates, dithiophosphates, and so on, [41]. Other derivatives as the trinuclear species [Au(C6F5)(S2C6H4)]3 [337] or the complex with one nido and one closo-carborane dithiolate are known [338]. Figure 1.72 collects some of these complexes. 

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