Gold(I) and Palladium(II) thiolato complexes containing water-soluble phosphane ligands

Water-soluble gold(I) and palladium(II) complexes containing different thiolates and the phosphanes 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane (PTA) and 3,7-diacetyl-1,3,7-triaza-5phosphabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (DAPTA) are described. The complexes were characterised by spectroscopic techniques including 2D NMR experiments, and the complexes [Au(S2CNEt2)(PTA)], trans- [Pd(SC5H4N)(2)(PTA)(2)] and trans-[Pd(SC5H4N)(2)(DAPTA)(2)] were additionally characterised by X-ray crystallography; the latter complex is one of the few structurally characterised DAPTA complexes. ((c) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007).