title: Aurophilic interactions as a subject of current research: an up-date.
abstract: Recently accumulated experimental evidence for aurophilic interactions in and between molecular gold(I) compounds and the results of pertinent theoretical calculations are reviewed for the period from 2007 to mid-2011. The influence of the intra- and intermolecular bonding contacts between the closed-shell metal centres, Au-Au, on the molecular and crystal structures, and the consequences of these effects for the chemical and physical properties of gold compounds are summarized for the various classes of mono- and polynuclear systems. The literature survey builds on the contents of previous reviews and relates new experimental and theoretical findings to earlier observations (353 references).
authors.affiliation: Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstreet 4, 85747 Garching b. M., Germany. H.Schmidbaur@lrz.tum.de
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmidbaur
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schier