An extremely electron poor Au(III) trication bearing acetonitrile ligands.
Lachlan BarwiseLachlan J MoonBibidh DhakalConor F HoganKeith F WhiteJason L DuttonPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2024)
The synthesis and structural characterization of an electron poor Au(III) trication bearing 2 imidazole and 2 acetonitrile ligands is described. The new complex is capable of aryl C-H metalation with the formation of a monomesitylene complex and also demonstrated to be highly oxidizing in the rapid room temperature conversion of cyclohexene to benzene.