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Yafei Li1, Tianze Xu1, Xinggao Ji1
1State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Despite significant advances in gold chemistry, the synthesis and stabilization of gold centers in a low oxidation state, particularly dinuclear Au(0) species, remain a considerable challenge. In this work, we report the successful isolation of a novel dinuclear Au(0) complex stabilized by tridentate P-Mg-P ligands. Computational studies demonstrate that the Au(0)-Au(0) σ-bond acts as a two-electron donor to the Mg centers. Reactivity studies further revealed the complex's unprecedented ability to perform two-electron reductions on a range of substrates, akin to the behavior of well-established Mg(I) and Zn(I) dimers.
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