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AN EXTRAORDINARY LARGE QUADRUPOLE
SPLITTING OBSERVED IN A GOLD1(d10)
COMPOUND
M. Viegers, J. Trooster, G. van Koten, J. Noltes
To cite this version:
Abstract. — The free ion contribution to the electric field gradient in complexes of Au1, which
has an electronic configuration 5d10, is zero. Thus the electric field gradient is completely due to
chemical bonding.
Complexes of Au1 generally have a linear coordination L-Au-L. The empty 6s and 6pz orbitals
are available for er-bonding and the filled 5dxz and 5dyz orbitals have the proper symmetry for rc-back donation. Both <r-bonding and rc-back bonding, which result in a negative qzz, are believed to play an important role in the bonding with cyanide [1]. As part of an extensive study of chemical bonding in Au1 and Au111 compounds [2] we found, that s-back donation can lead to an enormous
electric field gradient. This is illustrated in a compound, which has the following proposed struc-ture [3].
_ H2 (CH3)2 (CH3)2 H2
Au Au
H2( C H3)2 ( C H3)2H2
The isomer shift of 5.26 mm/s and the quadrupole splitting of 11.30 mm/s (the largest ever observed in gold) are attributed to the covalent C-Au-C o-bond, whereas the availability of a re-system in both phenyl rings enlarges the quadrupole splitting.
References
[1] DANON, J., / . Physique Colloq. 35 (1974) C 1, 91. VAN KOTEN, G. and NOLTES, J. G., / . Chem. Sec, Chem. [2] VIEGERS, M. P. A. and TROOSTER, J. M., to be published. Comm., (1972) 940.
[3] The proposal is based on the analogous compound, in VAN KOTEN, G. and NOLTES, J. G., / . Org. Metal. Chem., which Au is replaced by Cu. 82 (1974) C 53.
AN EXTRAORDINARY LARGE QUADRUPOLE SPLITTING
OBSERVED IN A GOLD(d
10) COMPOUND
M . P. A. V I E G E R S a n d J. M . T R O O S T E R Research Institute for Materials
University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld Nijmegen, The Netherlands
G. V A N K O T E N and J. G. N O L T E S Institute for Organic Chemistry T N O , Utrecht, T h e Netherlands
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