1. Edition - March 2009
149.- Euro
2009. XVI, 408 Pages, Hardcover
- Monograph -
ISBN-10: 3-527-32086-5
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32086-8 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






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Short description
This up-to-date book on gold highlights new and current trends as well as future directions, covering all aspects of gold chemistry. An invaluable work for organic and inorganic chemists working in academia and industry, as well as material scientists.

From the contents
GOLD(I) NITROGEN CHEMISTRY
Introduction
Tetra-, Tri-, and Dinuclear Gold(I) Amidinate Complexes
Oxidative-Addition Reactions to the Dinuclear Gold(I) Amidinate Complex
Mercury(II) Cyanide Coordination Polymer
Formation of Mixed-Ligand Tetranuclear Gold(I) Nitrogen Clusters
Solvent Influences on Oxidation and Nuclearity of Gold Guanidinate Derivatives
Cyclic Trinuclear Gold(I) Nitrogen Compounds
Oxidative-Addition Reactions to the Cyclic Trinuclear Gold(I)-Nitrogen Compounds
Supramolecular Entities of Trinuclear Gold(I) Complexes Sandwiching Small Organic Acids
Gold(I) and Silver(I) Mixed-Metal Trinuclear Complexes
CO Oxidation over Au/TiO2 Prepared from Gold Nitrogen Complexes
Miscellaneous Observations
CHEMISTRY OF GOLD(III) COMPLEXES WITH NITROGEN AND OXYGEN LIGANDS
Introduction
Nitrogen Donor Ligands
Oxygen Donor Ligands
PENTAFLUOROPHENYL GOLD COMPLEXES
Introduction
Pentafluorophenylgold(I) Derivatives
Pentafluorophenylgold(III) Derivatives
Gold Clusters
Pentafluorophenylgold(II) Derivatives
Outlook and Future Trends
THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY OF GOLD ? FROM ATOMS TO MOLECULES, CLUSTERS, SURFACES AND THE SOLID STATE
Introduction
The Origin of the Relativistic Maximum at Gold Along the 6th Period of Elements in the Periodic Table
Calculations on Atomic Gold
Relativistic Methods for Molecular Calculations and Diatomic Gold Compounds
Calculations on Inorganic and Organometallic Gold Compounds
Calculations on Gold Clusters
Calculations on Infinite Systems: From Surfaces to the Solid State of Gold
LUMINESCENCE AND PHOTOPHYSICS OF GOLD COMPLEXES
Introduction
Spectroscopic Properties of Gold(I) Complexes
Spectroscopic Properties of Gold(III) Complexes
Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions of Gold Complexes
GOLD COMPOUNDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE
Introduction
The Aqueous Chemistry of Gold Compounds
Medicinally Important Gold Complexes, Their Analogs and Reactions
Gold-Protein Reactions and Complexes
Physiological and Cellular Biochemistry
NANOSCIENCE OF GOLD AND GOLD SURFACES
Introduction
Forms of Gold at the Nanoscale
Onset of New Phenomena
Surface Chemistry of Gold
LIQUID CRYSTALS BASED ON GOLD COMPOUNDS
Introduction
Pyridine Complexes
Dithiobenzoate Complexes
Isocyanide Complexes
Carbene Complexes
Complexes Containing Pyrazole-Type Ligands
Ionic Imidazolium Derivatives
Liquid Crystalline Gold Nanoparticles