Expanding the toolbox of the coinage bond: adducts involving new gold(<scp>iii</scp>) derivatives and bioactive molecules
Andrea Pizzi, Miriam Calabrese, Andrea Daolio, Maurizio Ursini, Antonio Frontera, Giuseppe Resnati
Abstract
X-ray analyses of some adducts between AuX 3 (X = Cl, Br) and several pyridine derivatives show short π-hole CiBs; computational studies reveal the attractive nature of these short contacts, confirming their key role in driving their crystal packing.
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AdductPyridineMoleculeChemistryToolboxCombinatorial chemistryStereochemistryCrystallographyOrganic chemistryComputer scienceProgramming languageCrystallography and molecular interactionsOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisMetal complexes synthesis and properties