Preparation and Properties of Gold Complexes with TTF Dithiolato Ligands

Abstract

Abstract Several gold(III) complexes with TTF dithiolato ligands have been prepared as the tetrahexylammonium salts. The cyclic voltammograms in DMF showed two or three pairs of redox waves. X-Ray structure analysis of Ph4P·Au(eodt)2·(DMF)2 reveals that the Au(eodt)2 anion takes a significantly folded chair conformation. Charge-transfer salts of Au(dt)2 derivatives with TCNQ showed high conductivity (σrt = 100−101 S cm−1 on a compressed pellet).