Ligand effects in homogeneous Au catalysis

DJ Gorin, BD Sherry, FD Toste - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
Despite the ubiquity of metallic gold (Au) in popular culture, its deployment in homogeneous
catalysis has only recently undergone widespread investigation. In the past decade, and …

Theoretical chemistry of gold

P Pyykkö - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Theoretical Chemistry of Gold - Pyykkö - 2004 - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley
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Coinage-metal-based cyclic trinuclear complexes with metal–metal interactions: theories to experiments and structures to functions

J Zheng, Z Lu, K Wu, GH Ning, D Li - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Among the d10 coinage metal complexes, cyclic trinuclear complexes (CTCs) or trinuclear
metallocycles with intratrimer metal–metal interactions are fascinating and important metal …

Innovative molecular design strategies in materials science following the aurophilicity concept

N Mirzadeh, SH Privér, AJ Blake, H Schmidbaur… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The past decade has seen a diverse range of breakthrough inventions that are derived from
gold complexes, including the application of aurophilic interactions in the preparation of …

Intramolecular d10–d10 interactions in heterometallic clusters of the transition metals

S Sculfort, P Braunstein - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Weak attractive interactions between closed shell metal ions have been increasingly studied
in the last few years and are generally designated as metallophilic interactions. They are …

Direct observation of bond formation in solution with femtosecond X-ray scattering

KH Kim, JG Kim, S Nozawa, T Sato, KY Oang, TW Kim… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The making and breaking of atomic bonds are essential processes in chemical reactions.
Although the ultrafast dynamics of bond breaking have been studied intensively using time …

2D-3D transition of gold cluster anions resolved

MP Johansson, A Lechtken, D Schooss… - Physical Review A …, 2008 - APS
Small gold cluster anions Au n− are known for their unusual two-dimensional (2D)
structures, giving rise to properties very different from those of bulk gold. Previous …

Excimer and exciplex formation in gold (I) complexes preconditioned by aurophilic interactions

H Schmidbaur… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Excimers and exciplexes are defined as assemblies of atoms or molecules A/A′ where
interatomic/intermolecular bonding appears only in excited states such as [A2]*(for …

Understanding gold chemistry through relativity

H Schmidbaur, S Cronje, B Djordjevic, O Schuster - Chemical physics, 2005 - Elsevier
Gold chemistry is briefly reviewed indicating areas where a consideration of relativistic
effects has led to major advances in the understanding of the special role of gold among the …

Reaction dynamics studied via femtosecond X-ray liquidography at X-ray free-electron lasers

EH Choi, Y Lee, J Heo, H Ihee - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) provide femtosecond X-ray pulses suitable for pump–
probe time-resolved studies with a femtosecond time resolution. Since the advent of the first …