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Chem. Commun., 2006, 2890 - 2892, DOI: 10.1039/b605757h


Gold as intermolecular glue: a predicted planar triaurotriazine, C3Au3N3, isomer of gold cyanide

Mikko O. Hakala and Pekka Pyykkö


It is predicted that solid gold cyanide, AuCN, could have an alternative infinite trigonal-sheet crystal structure, of almost the same energy as the known hexagonally-packed infinite-chain structure.

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