A gas-phase electron diffraction study of dimethyl(2,4-pentanedionato)gold(III) indicates a square-planar structure with ra(Au-O) = 2.085(7), ra(Au-C) = 2.054(5) Å, angle OAuO 90.9(6)°, and CAuC 92.7(24)°, as well as the normal parameters of an acetylacetone ligand.
