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SUBMITTER: Liu Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3674257 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20130101
Gold recovery using environmentally benign chemistry is imperative from an environmental perspective. Here we report the spontaneous assembly of a one-dimensional supramolecular complex with an extended {[K(OH₂)₆][AuBr₄](α-cyclodextrin)₂}n chain superstructure formed during the rapid co-precipitation of α-cyclodextrin and KAuBr₄ in water. This phase change is selective for this gold salt, even in the presence of other square-planar palladium and platinum complexes. From single-crystal X-ray anal ...[more]