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Immobilization of Gold–Aryl Nanoparticles Over Graphene Oxide Platforms: Experimental and Molecular Dynamics Calculations Study
Graphene oxide (GO) was decorated with gold–aryl (Au–C) nanoparticles of AuNPs–COOH by sodium borohydride reduction of aryldiazonium tetrachloroaurate(III) salt at room temperature in aqueous solutions. Morpho...
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A Silver(I)–Gold(II) Hexanuclear Guanidinate–Benzoate Cluster with Short Au–Au Bonds
Attempts to remove the halide atoms from [Au2(hpp)2Cl2], 1, Hhpp = 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-2H-pyrimido[1,2-a]pyrimidine, with Ag(I) benzoate lead to the formation of the Au(I)–Ag(I) product, [(PhCOO)2Au4(hpp)4Ag2(P...
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Synthesis, Characterization, Luminescence, and Electrochemistry of New Tetranuclear Gold(I) Amidinate Clusters: Au4[PhNC(Ph)NPh]4, Au4[PhNC(CH3)NPh]4, and Au4[ArNC(H)NAr]4
The syntheses and the X-ray structures of the tetranuclear gold(I) benzamidinate, Au4[PhNC(Ph)NPh]4, and the tetranuclear gold(I) acetamidinate, Au4[PhNC(CH3)NPh]4, clusters are reported. The clusters are produce...
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Tetranuclear Gold(I) Clusters with Nitrogen Donor Ligands: Luminescence and X-Ray Structure of Gold(I) Naphthyl Amidinate Complex
The syntheses and characterization of gold(I) naphthyl, pentafluorophenyl, and trifluoromethylphenyl amidinate complexes are reported. The tetranuclear clusters are obtained from the reaction of Au(tetrahydrot...
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Gold(I) Formamidinate Clusters: The Structure, Luminescence, and Electrochemistry of the Tetranuclear, Base-Free [Au4(ArNC(H)NAr)4]
The structures of the tetragold(I) formamidinate cluster complexes, [Au4(ArNC(H)NAr)4], Ar=C6H4-4-OMe (1), C6H3-3,5-Cl (2), C6H4-4-Me (3), have been characterized by x-ray crystallography. The range of Au⋅⋅⋅Au di...
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Gold(I) Pyrazolate Clusters: The Structure and Luminescence of the Tetranuclear, Base-Stabilized [(dppm)2Au4(3,5-Ph2Pz)2](NO3)2 ⋅ H2O
The tetranuclear Au(I) pyrazolate complex, [(dppm)2Au4(3,5-Ph2Pz)2](NO3)2 ⋅ H2O, 1, has been synthesized and structurally characterized. It is the first tetranuclear pyrazolate of Au(I) to have been found, althou...