Cyanide–isocyanide isomerization: stability and bonding in noble gas inserted metal cyanides (metal = Cu, Ag, Au)

• DOI: 10.1039/c8cp02837k
• Publication Date: 2018-06-07T13:05:45Z
• Authors: Gourhari Jana; Sudip Pan; Edison Osorio; Lili Zhao; Gabriel Merino; Pratim K. Chattaraj
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 01 natural sciences

MNgCN (M = Cu, Ag, Au; Ng = Xe, Rn) molecules are metastable in nature with respect to possible dissociation. The M–Ng bonds in MNgCN and the Ng–C bonds in AuNgCN can be represented as an electron-shared covalent bond.