Gold heteronuclear clusters synthesis

Fig. 1. Examples of the synthesis of heteronuclear gold cluster complexes by the reaction of Au(PPh3)Cl with transition metal anions.

Heteronuclear gold cluster compounds have, therefore, been proposed as potential precursors for the synthesis of selective catalysts and also as models of the modifications to the substrate that arise at a molecular level. Braunstein has reviewed in more detail the catalytic applications of gold-containing polymetallic systems (212). 

Furthermore, the photolysis of azido complexes can be used for the synthesis of heteronuclear gold cluster compounds, if a source for the heteroatom is present during the photolysis in form of a carbonyl or azido complex. ... 

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