Gold Chemistry

Written by world-class authors, this most recent major book on the topic highlights new and current trends as well as future directions. It is comprehensive in its scope, covering all aspects of gold chemistry -- from homogeneous to heterogeneous catalysis, from supramolecular assemblies to sensors and medicinal applications. The result is an invaluable work for both organic and inorganic chemists working in universities and industry, as well as material scientists.

Fabian Mohr is assistant professor ("Juniorprofessor") at the University of Wuppertal in Germany. He obtained his chemistry honours degree from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, where he also completed his PhD on an Australian Government Scholarship under the guidance of Suresh Bhargava and Martin Bennett from the Australian National University. Postdoctoral appointments led him to work with Richard Puddephatt (University of Western Ontario, London, Canada) and Andrei Vedernikov (University of Maryland, College Park, USA). In 2004 he accepted a research grant from the Spanish Government to work with Mariano Laguna in Zaragoza. Upon completion of his contract in Zaragoza, he was appointed visiting professor at the University of Burgos before he took up his current position in Wuppertal in October 2006. In October 2007 Fabian spent two months as visiting professor at the University of Vienna in the group of Bernhard Keppler. Fabian has authored more than 35 papers and reviews, most of them on various aspects of gold chemistry. Outside the laboratory, Fabian is an accomplished harpsichordist and organist, specializing in historic performance practices and performing regularly both as soloist and with ensembles.

Preface.
Foreword.
List of Contributors.
1 Gold(I) Nitrogen Chemistry (Hanan E. Abdou, Ahmed A. Mohamed, and John P. Fackler Jr).
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Tetra-, Tri-, and Dinuclear Gold(I) Amidinate Complexes.
1.3 Oxidative-Addition Reactions to the Dinuclear Gold(I) Amidinate Complex.
1.4 Mercury(II) Cyanide Coordination Polymer.
1.5 Formation of Mixed-Ligand Tetranuclear Gold(I) Nitrogen Clusters.
1.6 Solvent Influences on Oxidation and Nuclearity of Gold Guanidinate Derivatives.
1.7 Cyclic Trinuclear Gold(I) Nitrogen Compounds.
1.8 Oxidative-Addition Reactions to the Cyclic Trinuclear Gold(I)-Nitrogen Compounds.
1.9 Supramolecular Entities of Trinuclear Gold(I) Complexes Sandwiching Small Organic Acids.
1.10 Gold(I) and Silver(I) Mixed-Metal Trinuclear Complexes.
1.11 CO Oxidation Over Au/TiO2 Prepared from Gold Nitrogen Complexes.
1.12 Miscellaneous Observations.
References.
2 Chemistry of Gold(III) Complexes with Nitrogen and Oxygen Ligands (Maria Agostina Cinellu).
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Nitrogen Donor Ligands.
2.3 Oxygen Donor Ligands.
References.
3 Pentafluorophenyl Gold Complexes (A. Luquin, E. Cerrada, and M. Laguna).
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Pentafluorophenylgold(I) Derivatives.
3.3 Pentafluorophenylgold(III) Derivatives.
3.4 Gold Clusters.
3.5 Pentafluorophenylgold(II) Derivatives.
3.6 Outlook and Future Trends.
References.
4 Theoretical Chemistry of Gold – From Atoms to Molecules, Clusters, Surfaces and the Solid State (Peter Schwerdtfeger and Matthias Lein).
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 The Origin of the Relativistic Maximum at Gold Along the 6th Period of Elements in the Periodic Table.
4.3 Calculations on Atomic Gold.
4.4 Relativistic Methods for Molecular Calculations and Diatomic Gold Compounds.
4.5 Calculations on Inorganic and Organometallic Gold Compounds.
4.6 Calculations on Gold Clusters.
4.7 Calculations on Infinite Systems: from Surfaces to the Solid State of Gold.
4.8 Summary.
References.
5 Luminescence and Photophysics of Gold Complexes (Chi-Ming Che and Siu-Wai Lai).
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Spectroscopic Properties of Gold(I) Complexes.
5.3 Spectroscopic Properties of Gold(III) Complexes.
5.4 Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions of Gold Complexes.
5.5 Concluding Remarks.
References.
6 Gold Compounds and Their Applications in Medicine (Elizabeth A. Pacheco, Edward R.T. Tiekink, and Michael W. Whitehouse).
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 The Aqueous Chemistry of Gold Compounds.
6.3 Medicinally Important Gold Complexes, Their Analogs and Reactions.
6.4 Gold–Protein Reactions and Complexes.
6.5 Physiological and Cellular Biochemistry.
6.6 Conclusions.
References.
7 Nanoscience of Gold and Gold Surfaces (M.B Cortie and A. McDonagh).
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Forms of Gold at the Nanoscale.
7.3 Onset of New Phenomena.
7.4 Surface Chemistry of Gold.
7.5 Conclusions.
References.
8 Liquid Crystals Based on Gold Compounds (Silverio Coco and Pablo Espinet).
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Pyridine Complexes.
8.3 Dithiobenzoate Complexes.
8.4 Isocyanide Complexes.
8.5 Carbene Complexes.
8.6 Complexes Containing Pyrazole-Type Ligands.
8.7 Ionic Imidazolium Derivatives.
8.8 Liquid Crystalline Gold Nanoparticles.
8.9 Conclusions.
References.
Index.