“…0108-2701/90/081444-04503.00 late ligands (Heinrich, 1987;Heinrich & Fackler, 1986) and in the preparation of a series of dinuclear Au I and Au n compounds bridged by 1,1-dicyano-2,2-ethylenedithiolate (i-mnt) (Khan, Fackler, King, Wang & Wang, 1988;Khan, Wang, Heinrich & Fackler, 1988) has prompted us to re-examine the chemistry of the dithiocarbamate dimers of gold(I). Dinuclear Au I dithiocarbamate complexes have been studied in the past; the dipropyldithiocarbamate (Hesse & Jennische, 1972) and dibutyldithiocarbamate (Jennische, Anacker-Eickhoff & Wahlberg, 1975) complexes have been structurally characterized.…”