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Synthesis and crystal structure determination of tetramethylammonium auride
1Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, D-70569 Stuttgart. martin@jansen.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|September 21, 2002
Abstract:
Tetramethylammonium auride, the first compound of negatively charged gold with a non-metal cation, has been synthesised by cation exchange in liquid ammonia; it is isostructural to the corresponding bromide which further illustrates the similarities between the halogens and gold.