Synthesis of Silver(I) and Gold(I) Complexes with Cyclic Tetra‐ and Hexacarbene Ligands

Abstract

Treasure complexes: Lutidine-bridged tetraimidazolium salts form macrocyclic mono- and dinuclear silver(I) and gold(I) carbene complexes, whereas the lutidine-bridged hexakis(imidazolin-2-ylidene) ligand reacts with silver(I) to yield complex [1]+, which contains six silver(I) atoms arranged in a hexagon and sandwiched in between two hexacarbene ligands. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.