Bromo(tetrahydrothiophene)gold(I) is a
coordination complex
A coordination complex is a chemical compound consisting of a central atom or ion, which is usually metallic and is called the ''coordination centre'', and a surrounding array of chemical bond, bound molecules or ions, that are in turn known as ' ...
of
gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...
. It is related to the more commonly used
chloro(tetrahydrothiophene)gold(I). Similarly, the
tetrahydrothiophene ligand is labile and is readily substituted with other stronger ligands, to give linear gold bromide complexes.
This compound may be prepared by reaction of
tetrabromoauric acid (formed from tetrachloroauric acid and hydrobromic acid) with
tetrahydrothiophene.
References
{{sulfur compounds
Gold(I) compounds
Bromo complexes
Thiolanes
Gold–halogen compounds
Gold–sulfur compounds