Coupling of Cyclometalated Phenylphosphanes in Dinuclear Gold(<scp>II</scp>)‐Complexes

Abstract

CC-linkage of two o-phenylene ligands was observed in the isomerization of the dinuclear gold(II) complex 1, X = I or Br, to 2. An unusual feature of this rearrangement is that the product remains fixed via the P-donor atoms in the coordination sphere of the metal atoms.—1 is obtained from 1a (see previous communication).