Fig. 4: Reactivity of 3a and DFT-calculated free-energy for mechanism.
From: Structure and reactivity of germylene-bridged digold complexes
a Synthesis of 4 from digoldgermane 3a. b Synthesis of 5 from digoldgermane 3a. c DFT-calculated free-energy profile of a plausible mechanism for the reaction between 3a and MeOTf in the gas phase, as determined at the B3PW91/def2-SVP level of theory.
