The chemistry of the group 11 metal cyanide system has been of considerable interest because of the commercial importance of some of the complexes formed in this system. These metal cyanides contain one-dimensional linear− M− CN− M− CN− M− chains in the solid state; however, they have not been observed as free monomeric species. This Article reports the first detection of monomeric AgCN and AuCN in the gas phase by using ...
