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F Sanem Kocak1, Peter Zavalij, Yiu-Fai Lam
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Abstract:
Sn9(4-) reacts with Pd(PPh3)4 in ethylenediamine/toluene solvent mixtures in the presence of 2,2,2-cryptand to give the Pd2@Sn18(4-) cluster as the K(2,2,2,-crypt)+ salt. The cluster is isostructural with Pd2@Ge18(4-) and has a nuclearity different from that of the Pt and Ni analogues, Ni2@Sn17(4-) and Pt2@Sn17(4-). The Pd2@Sn18(4-) ion has a deltahedral capsulelike structure with 40 cluster bonding electrons and is the largest free-standing polystannide characterized to date. Like Pt2@Sn17(4-), the Pd2@Sn18(4-) complex is highly dynamic in solution, showing a single (119)Sn NMR resonance indicative of an intramolecular liquidlike dynamic exchange. LDI-MS studies of the crystalline sample show extensive fragmentation and the formation of five gas-phase cluster series: Sn(x)- (1 < x < 12), PdSn(x-1) - (4 < x < 18), Pd 2Sn(x-2) - (6 < x < 21), Pd3Sn(x-3) - (8 < x < 21), and Pd 4Sn(x-4) - (13 < x < 21). The most abundant ion in the gas phase is the PdSn(10) - cluster, which presumably has an Sn(10) bicapped-square-antiprismatic structure with an endohedral Pd (e.g., Ni@Pb(10)(2-)).
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