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Self-assembly of a hydrogen bonded framework from a gold phosphine complex with a pendant uracil group
Tracy D Nixon1, Lee D Dingwall, Jason M Lynam
1Department of Chemistry, Univeristy of York, Heslington, York, UK.
Abstract:
The easily prepared complex AuCl(PPh(2)Ur) (Ur = uracil) self-assembles in the solid state to form crystals containing solvent-accessible channels, the structure remains crystalline even after removal and re-addition of solvent.

