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  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Platinum carbonyl clusters are important in catalysis and materials science.
  • Understanding the structure and electronic properties of complex molecular clusters is crucial for developing new materials.
  • Cadmium bromide fragments offer unique decoration possibilities for metal clusters.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize novel platinum-Cd-Br molecular clusters.
  • To investigate the structural diversity and electronic properties of these clusters.
  • To propose a unifying model for electron counting in surface-decorated clusters.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of platinum carbonyl clusters via reactions with CdBr(2)·H(2)O in DMF at 120 °C.
  • Structural determination using X-ray crystallography.
  • Analysis of cluster structures, including icosahedral, bis-icosahedral, and cubic close-packed arrangements.

Main Results:

  • Four distinct molecular clusters ([Pt(13)(CO)(12){Cd(5)(μ-Br)(5)Br(2)(dmf)(3)}(2)](2-), [Pt(19)(CO)(17){Cd(5)(μ-Br)(5)Br(3)(Me(2)CO)(2)}{Cd(5)(μ-Br)(5)Br(Me(2)CO)(4)}](2-), [H(2)Pt(26)(CO)(20)(CdBr)(12)](8-), and [H(4)Pt(26)(CO)(20)(CdBr)(12)(PtBr)(x)](6-)) were synthesized.
  • Structures revealed Pt-CO cores decorated with Cd-Br motifs or a Pt(26)Cd(12) metal frame.
  • Cluster diameters range from 1.5-2 nm.

Conclusions:

  • The study successfully synthesized and characterized novel platinum-Cd-Br clusters with diverse structural motifs.
  • A simplified electron counting approach is proposed for these surface-decorated clusters.
  • The developed model is applicable to other organometallic and gold-thiolate nanoclusters.