Syntheses and structural analyses of variable-stoichiometric Au-Pt-Ni carbonyl/phosphine clusters, Pt3(Pt(1-x)Ni(x))(AuPPh3)2(mu2-CO)4(CO)(PPh3)3 and Pt2(Pt(2-y)Ni(y))(AuPPh3)2(mu2-CO)4(CO)2(PPh3)2, with ligation-induced site-specific Pt/Ni substitutional disorder within butterfly-based Pt3(Pt(1-x)Ni(x))Au2 and Pt2(Pt(2-y)Ni(y))Au2 core-geometries.
de Silva, Namal; Nichiporuk, Rita V.; Dahl, Lawrence F.; Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)  (2006) 2291–2300; doi:10.1039/b514105m

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_publ_section_title
;
 Syntheses and structural analyses of variable-stoichiometric Au-Pt-Ni
 carbonyl/phosphine clusters,
 Pt3(Pt(1-x)Ni(x))(AuPPh3)2(mu2-CO)4(CO)(PPh3)3 and
 Pt2(Pt(2-y)Ni(y))(AuPPh3)2(mu2-CO)4(CO)2(PPh3)2, with ligation-induced
 site-specific Pt/Ni substitutional disorder within butterfly-based
 Pt3(Pt(1-x)Ni(x))Au2 and Pt2(Pt(2-y)Ni(y))Au2 core-geometries.
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_journal_issue                   19
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'Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)'
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;
Pt2Pt(2-y)Ni(y)Au2(PPh3)4(CO)6.MeCN (Crystal 2A)
y = 0.42
;
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0555P)^2^+0.0000P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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