4-Diphenylphosphine benzoic acid and other chemicals were purchased from Merck and used without any other purifications. A foil of metal gold was used to synthesize tetrachloride gold(I) acid by dissolving the gold chop by boiling aqua regia and by the careful evaporation of water till almost to dryness. Me2SAuCl was prepared by the reduction of tetrachloride gold(I) acid with an excess of Me2S in ethyl alcohol. The solvents used in the preparations were HPLC grade and they were used as purchased. Anhydrous and radical-free THF was obtained by treating the solvent with Na/acetophenone under a N2 atmosphere.
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