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Is Gold Chemistry a Topical Field of Study?
Author(s) -
Schmidbaur Hubert
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197607281
Subject(s) - carbene , valence (chemistry) , gold compounds , chemistry , metal , nanotechnology , catalysis , computational chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry
The question raised in the title of this progress report is answered point for point with an emphatic “yes”: Ranging from metallic gold, via clusters of gold atoms in low valence states, compounds of Au I , Au II , Au III , and Au V , organogold derivatives, ylide and carbene complexes, to the catalytic activity of gold it embraces a long‐neglected area of chemistry holding promise of many a discovery.