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A Micropatterning Assay for Measuring Cell Chirality
Published on: March 11, 2022
Intervalence of two planar chiral 2-methylferrocenyl groups over a diaurum bridge
Mark R Ringenberg1, Julia Holz2, René Peters2
1Universität Stuttgart Insitut für Anorganische Chemie, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany. mark.ringenberg@iac.uni-stuttgart.de.
Abstract:
The electronic structure of recently reported diaurum (AuIAuI and XAuII-AuIIX) complexes, containing two methylferrocenyloxazoline ligands are described. Oxidations occurred at the methylferrocenyl and the monocation complex containing AuIAuI bridge was valence localized while the AuII-AuII complex was valence delocalized, i.e., Fe2.5+/Fe2.5+. These findings were supported by electrochemical, and spectroscopic measurements and further supported by computational analysis (DFT).
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