Elimination-Fusion Self-Assembly of a Nanometer-Scale 72-Nucleus Silver Cluster Caging a Pair of [EuW10O36](9-) Polyoxometalates
Elimination-Fusion Self-Assembly of a Nanometer-Scale 72-Nucleus Silver Cluster Caging a Pair of [EuW10O36](9-) Polyoxometalates
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笼罩一对 [EuW10O36](9-) 多金属氧酸盐的纳米级 72 核银簇的消除融合自组装
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10.1002/chem.201705264
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2018
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Zheng Lan-Sun
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作者:
Zhang Shan-Shan;Su Hai-Feng;Wang Zhi;Wang Xing-Po;Chen Wen-Xian;Zhao Quan-Qin;Tung Chen-Ho;Sun Di;Zheng Lan-Sun
The largest known polyoxometalate (POM)‐templated silver‐alkynyl cluster, [(EuW10O36)2@Ag72(tBuC≡C)48Cl2⋅4 BF4] (SD/Ag20), was isolated under solvothermal conditions and structurally characterized. It was confirmed by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction (SCXRD) as a {EuW10}2‐in‐{Ag72} clusters‐in‐cluster rod‐like compound. The high‐resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR‐ESI‐MS) shows that such a double anion‐templated cluster is assembled from a crucial single anion‐templated Ag42intermediate in the solution. The crystallization of Ag42species (SD/Ag21), followed by SCXRD, gave an important clue about the assembly route ofSD/Ag20in solution: the Ag42cluster eliminates six silver atoms laterally, then fuses together at the vacant face to form the final Ag72cluster (elimination‐fusion mechanism). The characteristic emission of [EuW10O36]9−is well maintained inSD/Ag20. This work not only provides a new method for the synthesis of larger silver clusters as well as the functional integration of the silver cluster and POMs, but also gives deep insights about the high‐nuclear silver cluster assembly mechanism.