The Dinitrogen-Ligated Triaurum Cation, Aurodiazenylium, Auronitrenium, Auroammonia, and Auroammonium

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION , 50 , 9, 2166-2170, Publication Date : 2011

Author: Xinghua Liang, Xia Wu, Ting Dong, Zhengbo Qin, Kai Tan, Xin Lu,* and Zichao Tang*

Abstract：

Go for the gold! Laser-vaporized abundant Au/N binary cations, such as the title species, and the triaurum cation are structurally and electronically analogous to the N/H species and trihydrogen cation [H3]+, respectively, showing the isolobal analogy between [AuN2]+ and H+ (see picture).

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