Isolation of highly nucleophilic gold(I) alkoxides having a tertiary phosphine ligand

Alkoxogold(I) complexes having a tertiary phosphine ligand, Au(OR)L [R = CH2CF3, CH(CF3)2; L = PPh3, PCy3] have been synthesized by the metathetical reactions of chloro(tertiary phosphine)gold(I) and potassium fluorinated alkoxides in tetrahydrofuran at room temperature.