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[SiAu 4 ]: Aurosilane
Author(s) -
Kiran Boggavarapu,
Li Xi,
Zhai HuaJin,
Cui LiFeng,
Wang LaiSheng
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200353602
Subject(s) - x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , ab initio , hydrogen , covalent bond , ion , bounded function , crystallography , stability (learning theory) , computational chemistry , chemistry , materials science , atomic physics , physics , computer science , mathematics , organic chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance , mathematical analysis , machine learning
Gold is isolobal to hydrogen . Despite the fact that Au and Si do not form stable alloys, Si and Au form stable covalently bounded clusters, as evidenced from anion photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. In a series of [SiAu n ] clusters ( n =2–4) that are similar to SiH n ( n =2–4) in structure, chemical bonding, and stability, Au atoms are shown to be isolobal to hydrogen atoms (see picture).