- Source: Aurosilane
Aurosilane is an inorganic compound with a chemical formula of SiAu4. In this compound, gold acts as an electron acceptor with a valence of -1. Aurosilane has been isolated as a type of gold silane. Its unit cell parameters are a=5.658, c=5.605 A. The LUMO and the four Si-Au bonding orbitals of SiAu4 are similar to those of SiH4.
In addition, silicon can also form other compounds with gold such as Si3Au3
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External reading
Pyykkö, Pekka (October 2002). "Relativity, Gold, Closed-Shell Interactions, and CsAu⋅NH3". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41 (19): 3573–3578. doi:10.1002/1521-3773(20021004)41:19<3573::AID-ANIE3573>3.0.CO;2-R. PMID 12370896.
Wang, Lai-Sheng (2010). "Covalent gold" (PDF). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 12 (31): 8694–8705. Bibcode:2010PCCP...12.8694W. doi:10.1039/c003886e. PMID 20567749. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
