Acta Cryst. (2004). E60, m1741-m1743  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536804026996 ]

Poly[[terachlorogold(III)potassium(I)(Au-K)]--4,4'-bipyridine]

C. Song, Y.-Z. Li, Y.-Q. Chen, S.-J. Xiao and X.-Z. You

Abstract: The title compound, [KAuCl₄(C₁₀H₈N₂)]_n, is a layer coordination polymer with an Au^III-K^I metal-metal bond. The Au and K atoms lie on positions of site symmetry 2/m and 222, respectively, and are arranged alternately to form Au-K-Au-K linear chains along the c axis. In addition, the Au atom is coordinated by four Cl atoms, and the K atom coordinated by two N atoms of bipyridine ligands.

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