Isolation and Total Structure Determination of an All‐Alkynyl‐Protected Gold Nanocluster Au144 |
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Authors: | Dr. Zhen Lei Jiao‐Jiao Li Dr. Xian‐Kai Wan Wen‐Han Zhang Prof. Dr. Quan‐Ming Wang |
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Affiliation: | 1. http://www.wangqmlab.org.cn;2. Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China;3. Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, P. R. China |
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Abstract: | Total structure determination of a ligand‐protected gold nanocluster, Au144, has been successfully carried out. The composition of title nanocluster is Au144(C≡CAr)60 ( 1 ; Ar=2‐FC6H4‐). The cluster 1 exhibits a quasi‐spherical Russian doll‐like architecture, comprising a Au54 two‐shelled Mackay icosahedron (Au12@Au42), which is further enclosed by a Au60 anti‐Mackay icosahedral shell. The Au114 kernel is enwrapped by thirty linear ArC≡C‐Au‐C≡CAr staple motifs. The absorption spectrum of 1 shows two bands at 560 and 620 nm. This spectrum is distinctly different from that of thiolated Au144, which was predicted to have an almost identical metal kernel and very similar ligands arrangement in 1 . These facts indicate the molecule‐like behavior of 1 and significant involvement of ligands in the electronic structure of 1 . The cluster 1 is hitherto the largest coinage metal nanocluster with atomically precise molecular structure in the alkynyl family. The work not only addresses the concern of structural information of Au144, which had been long‐pursued, but also provides an interesting example showing ligand effects on the optical properties of ligand protected metal nanoclusters. |
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Keywords: | alkynyl ligands cluster compounds gold nanostructures optical properties |
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