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Front Cover: Cooperative Ligands in Dissolution of Gold (Chem. Eur. J. 34/2021)
Author(s) -
Heliövaara Eeva,
Liljeqvist Henri,
Muuronen Mikko,
Eronen Aleksi,
Moslova Karina,
Repo Timo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202101713
Subject(s) - dissolution , front cover , ligand (biochemistry) , chemistry , pyridine , thiol , inorganic chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , cover (algebra) , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , receptor , biochemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
Dissolution of elemental gold occurs promptly with two different thiol ligands that act in a cooperative manner. The reaction benefits from the dynamic coordination sphere of Au I species that enables the dissolution to proceed via ligand‐exchange reactions. The dissolution proceeds from left to right and the birds represent the different Au species that form during the dissolution. Pyridine‐4‐thiol serves as the initiating ligand and 2‐mercaptobenzimidazole ligands stabilize the formed Au I cations in the dissolution. More information can be found in the Communication by T. Repo et al. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101028).