Ligands of biologically active compounds in the nanochemistry of silver and gold (A review)

Abstract

Examples of the interactions of gold and silver clusters with various organic compounds containing olefinic and carbonyl groups capable of acting as ligands for the formation of coordination compounds with these metals are considered. Common physicochemical properties of the coordination complexes of silver ions with olefins are described. The behavior of olefins as ligands of the coordination complexes with silver ions in liquid chromatographic systems is analyzed. There is a correlation between the lipophilicity of such organic molecules and the possible variations of the coordination numbers of metal atoms, as well as between the degree of unsaturation of olefin chains in these molecules and the electrical conductivity of thin films of related lipids (including those of natural origin). Such complexes can be used in nanotechnology for the creation of biocomputer memory cells.