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Synthesis of Diazonium Tetrachloroaurate(III) Precursors for Surface Grafting
- Sabine N. Neal,
- Samuel A. Orefuwa,
- Atiya T. Overton,
- Richard J. Staples and
- Ahmed A. Mohamed
The synthesis of diazonium tetrachloroaurate(III) complexes [R-4-C6H4N≡N]AuCl4 involves protonation of anilines CN-4-C6H4NH2, C8F17-4-C6H4NH2, and C6H13-4-C6H4NH2 with tetrachloroauric acid H[AuCl4] 3H2O in acetonitrile followed by one-electron oxid...

