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Activation of Molecular Oxygen by Anionic Gold Clusters

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Abstract

A golden opportunity: Molecular oxygen is found to be converted into a superoxo (O2−) species upon complexation to gold-cluster anions containing an even number of Au atoms. Vibrational spectra (see scheme) reveal small variations in the extent of O[BOND]O bond activation dependent upon the electron affinity of the parent cluster.

Year of Publication
2012
Journal
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume
51
Number
18
Number of Pages
4444–4447
Publisher
WILEY-VCH Verlag
DOI
10.1002/anie.201108958
PId
19ec87f6fc6100cf3c035b2f634f1c7d
Alternate Journal
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
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