Chemistry in Environmentally Benign Media, 8 Hydroxymethyl Functionalized Phosphanes as Building Blocks to new Water‐Soluble Gold(I) Complexes ‐ synthesis, Characterization, and X‐ray crystal Structures of Novel Tetrahedral [Au{P(CH2OH)3}4]+ and Trigonal Planar [Au(Ph2PCH2OH)3]+ Gold (I) Complexes

Abstract
The reactions of water‐soluble phosphanes P(CH2OH)3 (1) and Ph2PCH2OH (2) with NaAuCl4 in aqueous or alcoholic media, produced the water/alcoholic‐soluble AuI complexes [Au(Ph(CH2OH)3)4]+ (3) and [Au(Ph2PCH2OH)3+ (4) in near quantitative yields. The X‐ray structures of 3 and 4, reported in this paper, confirm the structures of these new generation of water‐soluble transition metal complexes. All compounds were characterized by 1H‐, 13C‐, 31P‐NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The structures of 3 and 4 were determined by X‐ray crystallography.

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