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The fascinating implications of new results in gold chemistry

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Chemists today are increasingly fascinated by gold’s unique position in the family of elements. In this review, the author looks at important new results emerging from recent research in gold chemistry.

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Schmidbaur, H. The fascinating implications of new results in gold chemistry. Gold Bull 23, 11–21 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214710

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