Figure 2.
Structure motifs and the corresponding schemes showing intramolecular C(sp3 or sp2)–H⋯Au interactions in 1 (a), 2 (b), 3 (c), [Au11(PPh3)7(BIiPr)Cl2]Cl (d), [Au13(BIBn)9Cl3](PF6)2 (e, BIBn = N,N′-dibenzylbenzimidazolylidene), and [Au25(BIiPr)10Br7](Cl)(NO3) (f). The unit of distances is Å. A top view of structure motifs containing pairs of opposite ligands in 2 and 3 is also attached, showing the parallel arrangement of two opposite imidazolylidenes or benzimidazolylidenes in each structure.