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Fig. 23 Schematic illustration of the conversion of [Au
2
(SR)
3
] to [Au(SR)
2
] staple ligands. In order to maintain the cluster stoichiometry 3 [Au(SR)
2
] staples
are created for the loss of 2 [Au
2
(SR)
3
] staples, and the number of available core atoms is increased by 2 in order to accommodate the extra bidentate ligand,
and this means that the number of interstitial atoms has to be increased by one