Gold — long presumed to be an inert metal — has been increasingly shaking this image over the past couple of decades, mostly through electrophilic behaviour. Now, a two-coordinate gold complex has been shown to exhibit nucleophilic reactivity, with the insertion of CO2 into its polarized Auδ−–Alδ+ bond.
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Univ Queensland, Ochsner Clin Sch, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
Ochsner Med Ctr, New Orleans, LA 70121 USAUniv Queensland, Ochsner Clin Sch, Brisbane, Qld, Australia