Synthesis of a new T-shaped heterobinuclear Pt0-AuI complex [(t-Bu3P)2PtAu(PPh3)]BF4 from trinuclear gold cluster complex [(PPh3)Au]3(µ-O)BF4

The heterobinuclear platinum(0)-gold(i) complex [(t-bu3p)2ptau(pph3)] bf4, 5, was synthesized by the reaction of trinuclear cluster complex f[(pph3)au]3(µ- o)gbf4, 4, with one equiv of [(t-bu3p)2pt] at room temperature. the heterobinuclear complex 5 was characterized using multinuclear nmr spectroscopy and elemental microanalysis and was further identified by single crystal x-ray structure determination. crystal structure of 5 shows a t-shaped geometry with an unsupported short distance pt-au dative bond.