(μ-Piperazine-1,4-dicarbodithioato-κ4S1,S1′:S4,S4′)bis[bis(triphenylphosphane-κP)gold(I)] chloroform disolvate

Abstract

In the title compound, [Au2(C6H8N2S4)(C18H15P)4]·2CHCl3, the digold complex resides on a crystallographic inversion center and co-crystallizes with two molecules of chloroform solvent. The piperazine-1,4-dicarbodithioate linker has an almost ideal chair conformation. The geometry about the gold atoms is severely distorted tetrahedral punctuated by a very acute S—Au—S bite angle.