......................................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgments.......................................................................................................................... iv List of Tables ................................................................................................................................. xi List of Figures .............................................................................................................................. xiii List of Schemes ............................................................................................................................ xix Abreviations Used ........................................................................................................................ xxi Chapter 1 ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Abstract ........................................................................................................................................... 2.......................................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Experimental ................................................................................................................................... 5 General procedures, starting materials and equipment. .............................................................. 5 Synthesis of 2-thiolate-1,3-diethoxycarbonylazulene gold(I) triphenylphosphine (I.2a) ........... 6 Synthesis of 2-thiolate-azulene gold(I) triphenylphosphine (I.2b) ............................................. 8 Synthesis of 6-thiolate-1, 3-diethoxycarbonylazulene gold(I) triphenylphosphine (I.2c) .......... 8 Synthesis of 6-thiolate-1, 3-diethoxycarbonyl-2’,6-biazulene gold(I) triphenylphosphine (I.2f)9 Density Functional Theory Calculations ................................................................................... 11 Photoluminescence Results ....................................................................................................... 13 X-Ray Diffraction Study of 2-thiolate-1,3-diethoxycarbonylazulene gold(I) triphenylphosphine (I.2a) .......................................................................................................................................... 20