title: Syntheses, structural characterization, and host-guest chemistry of ethynylcrown ether containing polynuclear gold(I) complexes.
abstract: Two novel ethynylcrown ether containing di- and tetranuclear gold(I) complexes have been synthesized and structurally characterized; their binding ability toward various metal ions has also been studied.
authors.affiliation: Open Laboratory of Chemical Biology of the Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery and Synthesis, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Xia
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Chi-Kwan
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Eddie Chung-Chin
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Nianyong
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Vivian Wing-Wah
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Yam
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D049449:Luminescence; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004988:Ethers, Cyclic; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D006046:Gold