From carbon monoxide reaction with Group chlorides

A related group of compounds is that of the gold(III) dimethyl(alkoxycarbonyl) complexes, accessible by the reaction of carbon monoxide with dimethyl(alkoxy)(triphenyl-phosphine)gold(III), which is prepared in situ from cw-[AuIMe2(PPli3)] and sodium alkoxide in methanol (equation 80)353,359. Thermolysis of the methoxycarbonyl complex in benzene leads to the reductive elimination of methyl acetate and ethane, indicating competition between the two modes of decomposition illustrated in Scheme 27. The reaction of the same complex with electrophiles such as hydrogen chloride proceeds with liberation of carbon monoxide and methanol, as illustrated in equation 81. 

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