Bis(tribenzyl­ammonium) tetra­chloridoaurate(III) chloride

Fazaeli, Y.; Amani, V.; Amini, M.M.; Khavasi, H.R.

doi:10.1107/S1600536810002886

Volume 66
Part 2
Page m212
February 2010

Received 22 December 2009
Accepted 23 January 2010
Online 30 January 2010

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 298 K
Mean (C-C) = 0.010 Å
R = 0.051
wR = 0.144
Data-to-parameter ratio = 27.7
Details

Bis(tribenzylammonium) tetrachloridoaurate(III) chloride

Yousef Fazaeli,^a Vahid Amani,^a Mostafa M. Amini ^a ^* and Hamid Reza Khavasi ^a

^aDepartment of Chemistry, Shahid Beheshti University, G. C., Evin, Tehran 1983963113, Iran
Correspondence e-mail: m-pouramini@cc.sbu.ac.ir

In the title compound, (C₂₁H₂₂N)₂[AuCl₄]Cl, the Au^III atom adopts a square-planar coordination geometry defined by four chloride ions. In the crystal structure, intermolecular N-HCl hydrogen bonds link the organic cations and the uncoordinated chloride ion.

Related literature

For related structures, see: Calleja et al. (2001); Hasan et al. (1999); Hojjat Kashani et al. (2008); Jarvinen et al. (1988); Johnson & Steed (1998); Safari et al. (2009); Yildirim et al. (2009a,b); Yap et al. (1995); Yousefi et al. (2007); Zeng et al. (1994); Zhang et al. (2006).

Experimental

Crystal data

(C₂₁H₂₂N)₂[AuCl₄]Cl
M_r = 951.01
Triclinic, $[P \overline 1]$
a = 11.135 (1) Å
b = 13.7920 (11) Å
c = 13.8417 (12) Å
= 95.894 (7)°
= 100.300 (7)°
= 95.222 (7)°
V = 2067.4 (3) Å³
Z = 2
Mo K radiation
= 3.91 mm^-1
T = 298 K
0.35 × 0.32 × 0.27 mm

Data collection

Stoe IPDS II diffractometer
Absorption correction: numerical (X-RED; Stoe & Cie, 2005) T_min = 0.280, T_max = 0.350
28425 measured reflections
12513 independent reflections
10542 reflections with I > 2(I)
R_int = 0.075

Refinement

R[F² > 2(F²)] = 0.051
wR(F²) = 0.144
S = 1.11
12513 reflections
451 parameters
H-atom parameters constrained
_max = 1.82 e Å^-3
_min = -2.10 e Å^-3

Table 1
Selected bond lengths (Å)

Au1-Cl1	2.259 (2)
Au1-Cl2	2.2891 (15)
Au1-Cl3	2.2574 (17)
Au1-Cl4	2.2703 (15)

Table 2
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-HA	D-H	HA	DA	D-HA
N1-H1CCl5	0.91	2.19	3.089 (5)	168
N2-H2Cl5ⁱ	0.91	2.16	3.066 (4)	172
Symmetry code: (i) -x, -y+1, -z+1.

Data collection: X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2005); cell refinement: X-AREA; data reduction: X-RED (Stoe & Cie, 2005); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).

Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: HB5291 ).

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Shahid Beheshti University for financial support.

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