Synthesis of selenolate-protected Au18(SeC6H5)14 nanoclusters.
Synthesis of selenolate-protected Au18(SeC6H5)14 nanoclusters.
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DOI:
10.1039/c2nr33466f
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发表时间:
2013-01
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6.7
通讯作者:
Qian Xu;Shuxin Wang;Zhao Liu;Guoyong Xu;Xiangming Meng;Manzhou Zhu
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作者:
Qian Xu;Shuxin Wang;Zhao Liu;Guoyong Xu;Xiangming Meng;Manzhou Zhu
This work reports the first synthesis of selenophenolate-protected Au(18)(SePh)(14) nanoclusters. This cluster exhibits distinct differences from its thiolate analogue in terms of optical absorption properties. The Au(18)(SePh)(14) nanoclusters were obtained via a controlled reaction of Au(25)(SCH(2)CH(2)Ph)(18) with selenophenol. Electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ESI-TOF-MS) revealed the crude product to contain predominantly Au(18)(SePh)(14) nanoclusters, and side products include Au(15)(SePh)(13), Au(19)(SePh)(15) and Au(20)(SePh)(16). High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was employed to isolate Au(18)(SePh)(14) nanoclusters. The results of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), elemental analysis (EA), and (1)H/(13)C NMR spectroscopy confirmed the cluster composition. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of selenolate-protected Au(18) nanoclusters. Future theoretical and X-ray crystallographic work will reveal the geometric structure and the nature of selenolate-gold bonding in the nanocluster.