Table 1.

Selected bond distances [Å] and angles [°] from solid‐state molecular structures and chemical shifts^[a] [δ, ppm] for the new carbenoid complexes.

Complex	Au1−C2	C2−Cl3	Au1‐C2‐Cl3	δ  1H[a]	δ  13C[a]
1 a	2.058(9)	1.828(1)	110.3(5)	2.96	53.6
1 b	2.088(5)	1.829(5)	111.1(3)	2.94	53.9
1 c	2.060(2)	1.830(2)	110.4(1)	3.34	47.2
1 d	–	–	–	3.63	49.1

[a] Chemical shifts corresponding to the chloromethyl moiety measured in CD₂Cl₂ solution at 23 °C.