Gold-nitrogen chemistry: Trinuclear gold(I) sandwiches

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Zuzana Baranová, baranzx04@juniata.edu1, John P. Fackler Jr., Fackler@mail.chem.tamu.edu2, and Ahmed A. Mohamed, amohamed@mail.chem.tamu.edu2. (1) Department of Chemistry, Juniata College, 1700 Moore Street, Huntingdon, PA 16652, (2) Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, University Drive, College Station, TX 77843-3255
Gold complexes with nitrogen containing ligands show interesting photoelectronic properties with wide applications. Cyclic trinuclear complexes of gold(I) form supramolecular stacks that behave as a π base. When intercalated with metallic salt, the resulting sandwich structure provides a new path for metal-metal interaction, between the gold(I) centers and the added metal cation. The focus of this study is on the prepared trinuclear gold(I) benzylimidazolate ([Au(C10H9N2)]3) and the effects of copper and silver cations in the corresponding sandwich structures.
 

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