The bonding in the unbridged closed-shell Au(II)–Au(II) dimers X4Au2(C5H5N)2, X = H, F–I and CF3, is analyzed and the short Au–Au bonds around 250 pm are reproduced by a novel 6s6pz5dxy hybridization.
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Unbridged Au(II)–Au(II) bonds are theoretically allowed
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Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100 084 Beijing, China
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Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O.B. 55, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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E-mail: Pekka.Pyykko@helsinki.fi ;
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Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 2103-2105
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37875B
Received 30 Oct 2012, Accepted 03 Jan 2013
First published online 04 Jan 2013
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