Organogold compounds anions

A series of organogold compounds can be made starting from anionic Au(I) complexes and reacting these with diarylthallium bromides ... 

Thermal decomposition of a variety of ionic organogold(III) compounds has also been described. Reductive elimination of the hydrocarbon R—R from a variety of compounds 50 has been examined as a function of L and X and occurs with a range of rates between room temperature and 240 °C68,69. The anionic tetramethylgold complex 51 was found to decompose much more rapidly than 42 both in boiling THF at 65 °C and in the solid state at 140 °C37. 

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