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Chemical Communications

Au70S20(PPh3)12: an intermediate sized metalloid gold cluster stabilized by the Au4S4 ring motif and Au-PPh3 groups†‡

Sebastian Kenzler,a   Claudio Schrenk, ORCID logo a   Andrew R. Frojd,b   Hannu Häkkinen, ORCID logo c   Andre Z. Clayborne ORCID logo bd  and  Andreas Schnepf ORCID logo *a  

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a Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
E-mail: andreas.schnepf@uni-tuebingen.de
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b Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri – Kansas City, 5110 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, USA

c Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

d Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20059, USA

Abstract

Reducing (Ph3P)AuSC(SiMe3)3 with L-Selectride® gives the medium-sized metalloid gold cluster Au70S20(PPh3)12. Computational studies show that the phosphine bound Au-atoms not only stabilize the electronic structure of Au70S20(PPh3)12, but also behave as electron acceptors leading to auride-like gold atoms on the exterior.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC08014J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Oct 2017
Accepted
23 Nov 2017
First published
24 Nov 2017

Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 248-251

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Au70S20(PPh3)12: an intermediate sized metalloid gold cluster stabilized by the Au4S4 ring motif and Au-PPh3 groups

S. Kenzler, C. Schrenk, A. R. Frojd, H. Häkkinen, A. Z. Clayborne and A. Schnepf, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 248 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC08014J

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