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A Simple Method for the Size Controlled Synthesis of Stable Oligomeric Clusters of Gold Nanoparticles under Ambient Conditions
Published on: February 5, 2016
Ultrastable hydrido gold nanoclusters with the protection of phosphines
Shang-Fu Yuan1, Jiao-Jiao Li, Zong-Jie Guan
1Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China. qmwang@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The identification of hydride(s) in gold nanoclusters is a challenging task, due to the instability of gold nanoclusters containing hydrides. Herein, we report two ultrastable hydrido gold nanoclusters protected by phosphine ligands: [Au20(PPh3)12H3](SbF6)3 (1H) and [Au20(PPh3)12H2(2-COOH-PhS)](PF6)3 (2H). The presence of hydrides in gold(0)-gold(i) nanoclusters is clearly demonstrated by ESI mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. Single crystal structural determination reveals that both nanoclusters have an unprecedented Au20 core consisting of a Au9 unit and a Au11 unit. Such cores derived from the connection of different basic units are important for understanding the evolution and stability of metal nanoclusters. The hydride (H-) was also verified by a charge distribution calculation.
