Three structures of the form bis(thione)gold(I) di(methanesulfonyl)amide [thione = imidazolidine- 2-thione, 1; 1-methyl-imidazolidine-2-thione, 2; thiazolidine-2-thione, 3] were determined; all crystallize with one formula unit in the asymmetric unit. Each N-H hydrogen bond donor forms one classical two-centre hydrogen bond with an anion acceptor. Compound 1 thereby forms a complex layer structure with a layer thickness of 10.17 Å ; the packing may be analysed in terms of thinner subunit layers consisting of interlinked, hydrogen-bonded chains and rings. Compound 2 forms a chain structure consisting of a series of “hairpin bends”, a common feature in the gold complexes of 1-alkyl-imidazolidine-2-thiones. Compound 3 forms a corrugated ribbon structure in which the central region consists of parallel S-Au-S axes linked by aurophilic interactions; the anions exercise a “clamping” function by forming hydrogen bonds at the periphery of the ribbons. Further short contacts can be classed as weak hydrogen bonds C-H ··· X, with X = N, O, S or Au.
Three structures of the form bis(imidazolidine-2-thione)gold(I) disulfonylamide [disulfonylamide = benzene-1,2-di(sulfonyl)amide (1), di(4-chlorobenzenesulfonyl)amide (2), di(4-iodobenzenesulfonyl) amide (3)] were determined. Compound 3 crystallizes with four independent formula units. The cations in 1 and 3 show an antiperiplanar conformation about the S···S axis, whereas the corresponding torsion angle in 2 is 72°. The packing in 1 consists of linked ribbons in which the NH groups of neighbouring cations are bridged by O-S-O groups of the anions. Compound 2 exhibits a complex layer structure in which several multi-centre hydrogen bonds are observed. The structural subunits of compound 3 involve an alternating anion-cation chain for two of the cations and inversionsymmetric anion-cation dimers for the other two cations. Short C-H···Au contacts (shortest H···Au 2.63 Å in 2) contribute to the packing of compounds 2 and 3.
All three structures of the form bis(thione)gold(I) camphor-10-sulfonate [thione = imidazolidine-2-thione, 1; 1-methyl-imidazolidine-2-thione, 2; thiazolidine-2-thione, 3] crystallize in chiral space groups with Z′ = 2; local inversion symmetry of the cationic assemblies (less pronounced for 3) provides some rationalisation for this. The basic structural units are accounted for in terms of classical hydrogen bonds, leading to rings involving ion pairs for 1 and 2, but to infinite chains of anions and cations for 3. Neighbouring ion pairs in 1 are joined by further classical hydrogen bonds, in 2 via interactions between parallel S-Au-S axes. Other interactions include Au···N for 1, Au···S and Au···O for 3, and weak hydrogen bonds C-H···O and C-H···S, especially between adjacent chains in 3. Each structure is divided into hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions.