Issue 79, 2017
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Chemical Communications

Intensely luminescent gold(i) phosphinopyridyl clusters: visualization of unsupported aurophilic interactions in solution†

Zhen Lei,a   Jin-Yuan Zhang,a   Zong-Jie Guanab  and  Quan-Ming Wang ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, P. R. China

b Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China
E-mail: qmwang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Abstract

Gold(I) phosphinopyridyl clusters [Au9(PNC)6](BF4)3 (1) and [Au11(PNC)6(PPh3)2](BF4)5 (2) (PNC = 2-diphenylphosphinopyridyl monoion) are assembled. In contrast to the green luminescence of 1, 2 is brightly orange emissive in CH2Cl2, which shows the presence of unsupported AuI–AuI interactions in solution. Besides, 1 and 2 can selectively light up the mitochondria of living cells.

Graphical abstract: Intensely luminescent gold(i) phosphinopyridyl clusters: visualization of unsupported aurophilic interactions in solution

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC06944H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Sep 2017
Accepted
12 Sep 2017
First published
12 Sep 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 10902-10905

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Intensely luminescent gold(I) phosphinopyridyl clusters: visualization of unsupported aurophilic interactions in solution

Z. Lei, J. Zhang, Z. Guan and Q. Wang, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 10902 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC06944H

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