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Gas Phase Ion Chemistry of Gold–Silicon Clusters
Author(s) -
Cao Yali,
Höckendorf Robert F.,
Beyer Martin K.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200800217
Subject(s) - chemistry , reactivity (psychology) , cluster (spacecraft) , trifluoroacetic acid , chemical physics , silicon , sign (mathematics) , phase (matter) , hydrogen , gas phase , computational chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , materials science , computer science , medicine , mathematical analysis , alternative medicine , mathematics , pathology , programming language
Appearances are deceptive: In the reaction with trifluoroacetic acid, the hydrogen‐like gold atoms of Au 3 Si − rearrange to a pure gold cluster (see figure), yet they show no sign of aurophilicity. The mechanistic pathways are analysed with theoretical calculations to gain insights into this peculiar reactivity.