Dichloro[2-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl-C 1 ,N]gold(), [Au(damp-C 1 ,N)Cl 2 ], reacts with 2-mercapto-1,3thiazoline (HSthiaz), 2-mercaptopyridine (HSpy), sodium 1-methylmercaptotetrazolate (NaSmetetraz), 4-methyl-3-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole (HSmetriaz) or 6-mercaptopurine (HSpur) under cleavage of the Au᎐N bond and protonation of the dimethylamino group. Compounds of general formulae [Au(Hdamp-C 1 )Cl(HL) 2 ] 2ϩ (HL = HSthiaz or HSpy), [Au(Hdamp-C 1 )Cl(L)] (L = Spur Ϫ ) or [Au(Hdamp-C 1 )(L) 3 ] (L = Smetetraz Ϫ ) have been isolated and characterized. The reaction with HSmetriaz leads to a rapid reduction of the metal and the formation of the gold() complex [Au(HSmetriaz) 2 ] ϩ . The crystal structures of [Au(Hdamp-C 1 )Cl(HSthiaz) 2 ]Cl 2 ؒMe 2 CO, [Au(Hdamp-C 1 )Cl(HSpy) 2 ]ؒH 2 O, [Au(Hdamp-C 1 )(Smetetraz) 3 ] and [Au(Hdamp-C 1 )Cl(Spur)]Cl have been elucidated showing the gold atoms in distorted square-planar co-ordination environments. Generally, one or more hydrogen atoms of the heterocyclic ligands and/or the NMe 2 H ϩ group form hydrogen bonds in the solid-state structures. The reaction of Na[AuCl 4 ] with Na(Smetetraz) and [NEt 4 ]Br yields bright red crystals of [NEt 4 ][Au(Smetetraz) 4 ], the first structurally characterized gold() complex with four monodentate thiolate ligands. The structure of the complex shows well separated [Au(Smetetraz) 4 ] Ϫ anions with Au᎐S distances of 2.354(4) Å. Square-planar gold() complexes containing 2-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl-C 1 ,N, (damp-C 1 ,N) Ϫ , have been known since 1984. 1 Key compounds are the dichloro and diacetato complexes [Au(damp-C 1 ,N)Cl 2 ] (1a) and [Au(damp-C 1 ,N )-(CH 3 CO 2 ) 2 ] 1 (1b) which recently have been studied by structural analysis 2 showing distorted square-planar co-ordination spheres for the gold atoms. During ligand exchange reactions the chloro or acetato ligands are preferably replaced. 2-9 Only a few examples are reported where the Au᎐N bond is cleaved. 9 However, to our knowledge, protonation of the liberated N(CH 3 ) 2 group has not yet been observed for gold compounds.