Marcus Scheele

[Au 4 (dppb) 3 ] 2+ – A Planar Gold Cluster with Bright Excitation Wavelength Dependent Emission

ABSTRACT The reaction of dppb(AuCl) 2 and InCl gives the [Au 4 (dppb) 3 ] 2+ cluster where the four gold atoms are arranged in a deltoid. This contrasts all known [Au 4 ] 2+ clusters which exclusively form tetrahedral structures. Single crystals of the title compound luminesce wi...