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Experimental Approaches for the Synthesis of Low-Valent Metal-Organic Frameworks from Multitopic Phosphine Linkers
Published on: May 12, 2023
Hexa- and octagold chains from flexible tetragold molecular units supported by linear tetraphosphine ligands
Yukie Takemura1, Hiroe Takenaka, Takayuki Nakajima
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Kitauoya-higashi-machi, Nara, 630-8506, Japan.
Abstract:
A flexible building block: Flexible tetragold(I) chain complexes supported by a new single methylene-bridged tetraphosphine ligand were synthesized and further transformed into discrete linear octagold(I) {Au(8)} and cyclic hexagold(I) {Au(6)} structures by reaction with KI and NaAuCl(4), respectively (see picture, Au purple, Cl dark green, PF(6) light green, I pink). The tetragold complexes are also luminescent at room temperature.
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