Previously [1][2][3][4][5], we studied the chemisorption properties of binuclear cadmium dialkyldithiocar bamate complexes, [Cd 2 {S 2 CNR 2 } 4 ] (R = C 4 H 9 , iso C 4 H 9 , iso C 3 H 7 and R 2 = (CH 2 ) 5 ) with respect to solutions of AuCl 3 in 2M HCl. A number of gold(III)-cadmium heteropolynuclear complexes, in particular, ([Au(S 2 CNR 2 ) 2 ] 2 [CdCl 4 ]) n (R = iso C 4 H 9 [1, 2], iso C 3 H 7 [3]), ([NH 2 (C 4 H 9 ) 2 ][Au{S 2 CN(C 4 H 9 ) 2 } 2 ][CdCl 4 ]) n [4] and polynuclear complexes ([Au(S 2 CNR 2 ) 2 ][AuCl 4 ]) n (R = C 4 H 9 , R 2 = (CH 2 ) 5 ) [5], were isolated from the sorption systems on a preparative scale as individual gold(III) containing species. The intricate supramo lecular structure and the thermal behavior of the iso lated compounds were studied. The results attest to good prospects of using complexes with dithio ligands as chemisorbents for binding noble metals from dilute process solutions and for waste water treatment to remove heavy metal cations. Therefore, it was of inter est to study the chemisorption properties of complexes with another type of dithio ligands: dialkyl dithiophos phate ions (RO) 2 P(S)S -.This work is concerned with the chemisorption interaction of freshly precipitated nickel(II) and cad mium diisopropyl dithiophosphate complexes,and [Cd 2 {S 2 P(O iso C 3 H 7 ) 2 } 4 ], with [AuCl 4 ] -in 2M HCl. It was found that binding of gold(III) from the solution is accompanied by its reduction to gold(I) as a result of oxidation of some Dtph groups to the corresponding disulfide. The polynuclear gold(I) complex [Au 2 {S 2 P(O iso C 3 H 7 ) 2 } 2 ] n (I) was isolated from the chemisorption Abstract-The paper deals with reactions of freshly precipitated diisopropyl dithiophosphate (Dtph) com plexes of nickel(II), [Ni{S 2 P(O iso C 3 H 7 ) 2 } 2 ] and cadmium, [Cd 2 {S 2 P(O iso C 3 H 7 ) 2 } 4 ], with the [AuCl 4 ] -in 2M HCl, resulting in gold transition from the solution to the precipitate as polymeric gold(I) diisopropyl dithiophosphate. The reduction of gold(III) to gold(I) noted in both cases is due to oxidation of the relevant part of the Dtph group to bis(O,O' di (iso) propoxythiophosphoryl) disulfide, (iso C 3 H 7 O) 2 P(S)S-S(S)P(O iso C 3 H 7 ) 2 . The polynuclear gold(I) complex [Au 2 {S 2 P(O iso C 3 H 7 ) 2 } 2 ] n (I) was isolated on a pre parative scale from the chemisorption system and studied by MAS 31 P NMR and X ray diffraction. The key structural unit of I is the non centrosymmetric binuclear molecule [Au 2 {S 2 P(O iso C 3 H 7 ) 2 } 2 ] in which the gold atoms are connected by two bridging Dtph groups. The structure contains two types of non equivalent binuclear molecules related as conformational isomers. Owing to the relatively weak Au-Au contacts, the neighboring binuclear [Au 2 {S 2 P(O iso C 3 H 7 ) 2 } 2 ] molecules are involved in an infinite polymeric chain with conformer alternation along the chain. To elucidate the conditions for the recovery of bound gold(I), the pre cipitates formed in the sorption systems were studied by simultaneous ther...