Issue 21, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Unbridged Au(ii)–Au(ii) bonds are theoretically allowed†

Xiao-Gen Xiongab  and  Pekka Pyykkö*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100 084 Beijing, China

b Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O.B. 55, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
E-mail: Pekka.Pyykko@helsinki.fi
Fax: +358 9 191 50169
Tel: +358 9 191 50171

Abstract

The bonding in the unbridged closed-shell Au(II)–Au(II) dimers X4Au2(C5H5N)2, X = H, F–I and CF3, is analyzed and the short Au–Au bonds around 250 pm are reproduced by a novel 6s6pz5dxy hybridization.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC37875B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Oct 2012
Accepted
03 Jan 2013
First published
04 Jan 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 2103-2105

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Unbridged Au(II)–Au(II) bonds are theoretically allowed

X. Xiong and P. Pyykkö, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 2103 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37875B

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