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Photolytic Cluster Synthesis: Synthesis and Structure of [{(Ph3P)Au}7Mo(CO)3]OH†
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This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie.
Abstract
The photolytic elimination of N2 from [(Ph3P)AuN3] is the basis of a new method for preparing gold clusters. The photolysis of a mixture of [(Ph3P)AuN3] and [Mo(CO)6] in THF results in loss of N2 and CO and formation of the title compound, in which the Mo atom forms the center of a novel icosahedral fragment consisting of seven Au atoms. Only a few examples of gold clusters containing heterometal centers were previously known.
