Bis[μ-bis(diphenylphosphino)hexane-P:P']digold(I) Hexafluoroantimonate Acetonitrile Solvate

In the title compound, [Au₂(C₆H₁₂{P(C₆H₅)₂}₂)₂][SbF₆]₂. 1.6CH₃CN, the [{Ph₂P-(CH₂)₆-PPh₂}₂Au₂]²⁺ cation lies with its Au atoms on a twofold axis and the [SbF₆]⁻ anions in general positions. Main bond lengths and angles include Au-P 2.307 (2) and 2.311 (2) Å, P-Au-P 172.7 (1) and 174.2 (1)°. There are no significant intramolecular or intermolecular Au...Au interactions. The C-atom chain of the hexamethylene moiety is maximally extended with C-C-C-C torsion angles in the range −170.4 (7) – −177.7 (7)° and all the Au-P-C-C and P-C-C-C conformations are gauche.

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