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Supramolecular chemistry

Going for gold

Nature volume 413, pages 31–33 (2001)Cite this article

Molecules containing gold atoms are not expected to form metallic bonds. But there is growing evidence that there are interactions between the gold atoms that are similar in strength to hydrogen bonds.

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Figure 1: Supramolecular structure formed by bonding between gold atoms.

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