Gold complexes containing organoselenium and organotellurium ligands

This article reviews the synthesis, structures, reactions and spectroscopic studies of gold complexes containing organoselenium and organotellurium ligands, i.e. compounds containing an Au-Se-C and Au-Te-C unit. The literature up to June 2009 has been covered. Appendix I lists important structural data of complexes which have been characterised by X-ray diffraction, whilst Appendix 2 contains a compilation of Se-77 and Te-125 NMR data for these compounds. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.