Can hydrogen-bonding donors abstract chloride from LAu(I)Cl complexes: a computational study

Computational study has shown that it is possible to abstract the chloride anion from LAu(I)Cl complexes by well-designed effective chloride receptors. A new receptor with two squaramides and an anthracene spacer was found to be a stronger chloride abstractor than the corresponding receptor with a decalin scaffold. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.