Synthesis and characterization of high-nuclearity iridium–ruthenium and –gold mixed-metal carbonyl clusters, [Ir7Ru3(CO)23]−, [Ir7Ru3(CO)23(AuPPh3)] and [Ir6Ru3(CO)21(AuPPh3)]−, possessing tetrahedrally capped octahedral iridium cores obtained by capping reactions with [Ru3(CO)12] and [AuCl(PPh3)]
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