Bis[dichlorido(5,5′-Dimethyl N,n′)gold(III)] Tetra-Chlorido Dichloridooaurate(I)

Abstract

The title compound, [AuIIICl2(C12H 12N2)]2[AuIIICl4][Au ICl2], contains three distinct types of Au atom. In the cation, the AuIII atom is four-coordinated in a distorted square-planar arrangement by an N,N′-bidentate 5,5′-dimethyl-2, 2′-bipyridine ligand and two terminal Cl atoms. In the [AuCl 4]- anion, the centrosymmetric AuIII atom has a square-planar coordination. The centrosymmetric [AuCl2]- anion is linear. Intra- and inter-molecular C - H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds help to establish the conformation and packing.