in diethyl ether N2, equimol., a soln. of LiCH3 added to a suspn. of Au compd., kept at -10°C for 40 min, for 2 h at room temp.; cooled to 0°C, H2O added, org. phase dried (Na2SO4), solvent evapd. (vac.); elem. anal.;

in THF-d8 (tetrahydrofuran-d8) byproducts: NaCl; (Ar); addn. of cold THF-d8 soln. of gold compd. and borate deriv. to cold THF-d8 soln. of platinum compd. at -30°C, stirring at -30°C for 15 min and at room temp. for 1 h; filtration, cooling to -30°C, filtration, chromy. (silica gel, CH2Cl2), elem. anal.;

in diethyl ether; dichloromethane N2, a soln. of LiCH3 (diethyl ether, 2 equiv.) added to a soln. of Au compd. (CH2Cl2), stirred for 2 h; H2O added, org. phase dried (Na2SO4), solvent evapd. (vac.), not separated, detected by NMR;

in THF-d8 (tetrahydrofuran-d8) (Ar); reaction of platinum compd. with stoich. amount of gold compd. in THF-d8 at room temp. for 3 d; NMR;

in THF-d8 (tetrahydrofuran-d8) byproducts: CH3CH3, Au; (Ar); addn. of gol compd. to THF-d8 soln. of platinum compd. at -100°C, keeping at -80°C for 10 min; NMR monitoring;

in dichloromethane byproducts: TlCl; under N2; Au complex dissolved in CH2Cl2; cooled to -78°C; Tl compd. added; stirred for 30 min; warmed with shaking; filtered into n-pentane at -78°C; ppt. consisted of inseparable mixt. of two Au complexes; detd. by (1)H NMR spectra;

in neat (no solvent) ultrahigh vac., 25 - 400°C, on deposition as thin film on Si, Cr, Cu, SiO2 and pyromellitic dianhydride oxydianiline polyimide surface;