Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2017-08-08

The role of gold in transition metal carbonyl clusters

Iacopo Ciabatti, Cristina Femoni, Maria Carmela Iapalucci, Silvia Ruggieri, Stefano Zacchini

Index: 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.07.011

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Abstract

In this review, the authors describe the role of gold in the chemistry of transition metal carbonyl clusters, a field that has been very active over the past fifty years. Both homo- and heteroleptic Au-containing species of metal carbonyl clusters, fully characterized by X-ray analysis, are discussed across three categories: those which are surface decorated by Au(I) fragments, cluster units connected by naked Au(I) atoms, and Au core–shell species with metallic gold structures embedded in the cluster frameworks.