Citation

Gi Xue*, Peiyi Wu, Zhenan Bao, Jian Dong, and Rongshi Cheng. Air-Oxidation of Gold Metal in Polybenzimidazole Solution. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1990, 495-497.

Abstract

Gold(0) has been found to dissolve in polybenzimidazole solution under extremely mild conditions resulting in a polymeric ’gel’ with gold(I) and gold(III) cations acting as chain bridging sites.