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SUBMITTER: Goulart M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5964450 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Goulart Marcelo M Kuhn Martin M Martini Paul P Chen Lei L Hagelberg Frank F Kaiser Alexander A Scheier Paul P Ellis Andrew M AM
The journal of physical chemistry letters 20180508 10
Ionic complexes between gold and C<sub>60</sub> have been observed for the first time. Cations and anions of the type [Au(C<sub>60</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>+/-</sup> are shown to have particular stability. Calculations suggest that these ions adopt a C<sub>60</sub>-Au-C<sub>60</sub> sandwich-like (dumbbell) structure, which is reminiscent of [XAuX]<sup>+/-</sup> ions previously observed for much smaller ligands. The [Au(C<sub>60</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>+/-</sup> ions can be regarded as Au(I) comp ...[more]