Cations, electronic structure, gold, photodissociation, structure elucidation Keywords: cations; electronic structure; gold; photodissociation; structure elucidation EN cations electronic structure gold photodissociation structure elucidation 15015 15015 1 11/05/21 20211102 NES 211102 B Gold nanoclusters b have surprising and interesting optical and catalytic properties. Cover Feature: Near-Infrared Spectrum of the First Excited State of Au2 (Chem. Eur. J. 61/2021).