Original ResearchPublished 1 October 2026Aurophilicity as a structure-directing principle in hyperchlorinated Au n Cl n+5 - (2 ≤ n ≤ 7) clustersYuqing Chen · Shiyin Xu · Shuo Wang · Shuqi Li · Filip Veljković · Suzana Veličković · Xianglei KongFrontiers in Chemistrydoi 10.3389/fchem.2026.1986508