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Treatment of 2 molar equiv of ((BuNC)-Bu-t)AuCl with I equiv of the dipotas
sium salt of 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole, K-2(SSS), results in the for
mation of the crystalline product [((BuNC)-Bu-t)Au](2)(SSS) in addition to
polymeric material. A crystallographic study reveals a complex supramolecul
ar structure for the crystalline product resembling a "knitted" network con
taining six independent gold centers.