title: Ligand-unsupported Au(I) chains with short Au(I)...Au(I) contacts.
abstract: A new series of solids with ligand-unsupported Au(I) chains with short Au...Au contacts were synthesized; as Ag compounds with the same structure are known, the new phases now allow unbiased comparison of Ag...Ag and Au...Au metallophilic bonds not supported by bridging ligands, which shows the latter to be consistently shorter by 0.03-0.04 A.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, USA.
authors.forename: Shao-Liang
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Cara L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Nygren
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Messerschmidt
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coppens