A dicoordinate gold(i)–ethylene complex

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The use of the exceptionally bulky tris-2-(4,40 -di-tert-butylbiphenylyl) phosphine ligand allows the isolation and complete characterization of the first dicoordinate gold(I)–ethylene adduct, filling a missing fundamental piece on the organometallic chemistry of gold. Besides, the bonding situation of this species has been investigated by means of state-of-the-art Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations indicating that p-backdonation plays a minor role compared with tricoordinate analogues

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European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant, CoopCat, Project 756575)

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e Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Projects PID2019- 110856GA-I00, PID2019-106184GB-I00, RED2018-102387-T and FJC2018-035514-I )

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