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The carbazole derivatives 94isocyanophenylcarbazole, 3,6dibromo94isocyanophenylcarbazole, and 9ethyl3isocyanocarbazole were prepared and used to synthesize [AuXCNcarbazole] X = Cl, C6F5, C6F4OEtp gold complexes. The Xray structures of [AuC6F4OEtp{94isocyanophenylcarbazole}] and [AuC6F59ethyl3isocyanocarbazole], and the luminescent properties of the ligands and the complexes in the solid state, in solution at room temperature, and in frozen solution of chloroform at 77 K were determined. All the gold complexes show a redshift in the emissions relative to that of the free ligand. The presence of electronwithdrawing substituents in 3,6dibromo94isocyanophenylcarbazole quenches the luminescence, but with the introduction of a gold atom some luminescence is recovered.© WileyVCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2009