Acta Cryst. (2003). E59, m57-m58  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536803000813 ]

A potassium crown ether complex with dichloroaurate(I)

M. A. Hossain, D. R. Powell and K. Bowman-James

Abstract: The title compound, (1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaoxacyclooctane)potassium dichloroaurate(I), [K(C₁₂H₂₄O₆)][AuCl₂], consists of potassium ion encapsulated by the 18-membered crown ether 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaoxacyclooctane and a linear dichloroaurate(I) monoanion. The potassium occupies a crystallographic center of symmetry with a ring coordination number of six, and two chlorides in axial sites at a distance of 3.2306  (5)  Å. The linear anionic species sits on another crystallographic center of symmetry.

Online 17 January 2003

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