Selective ion probe for Mg2+ based on Au(I)Au(I) interactions in a tripodal alkynylgold(I) complex with oligoether pendants

Xiaoming He; Eddie Chung-Chin Cheng; Nianyong Zhu; Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

doi:10.1039/b902690h

Selective ion probe for Mg2+ based on Au(I)Au(I) interactions in a tripodal alkynylgold(I) complex with oligoether pendants

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Jul 21:(27):4016-8. doi: 10.1039/b902690h. Epub 2009 Apr 23.

Authors

Xiaoming He¹, Eddie Chung-Chin Cheng, Nianyong Zhu, Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Carbon-Rich Molecular and Nano-Scale Metal-Based Materials Research, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 19568618
DOI: 10.1039/b902690h

Abstract

A simple but novel tripodal alkynylgold(I) complex with oligoether pendants has been synthesized and demonstrated to be a selective ion probe for Mg2+ based on Au(I)Au(I) interactions.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alkynes / chemistry*
Cations, Divalent / analysis
Crown Ethers / chemistry*
Crystallography, X-Ray
Gold / chemistry*
Magnesium / analysis*
Spectrophotometry, Atomic

Substances

Alkynes
Cations, Divalent
Crown Ethers
Gold
Magnesium