The syntheses and structures of a novel series of polynuclear coinage metal cluster compounds are discussed. The most fascinating structural characteristic of the Au-Ag alloy clusters with Au_18Ag_19 and Au_18Ag_19 co...The syntheses and structures of a novel series of polynuclear coinage metal cluster compounds are discussed. The most fascinating structural characteristic of the Au-Ag alloy clusters with Au_18Ag_19 and Au_18Ag_19 cores and phosphine ligands, which were prepared by the reduction of mononuclear coinage metal complexes R3PAuX and R3PAgX with NaBH4 in organic solution, is their construction from 13-atom gold-centred icosahedral Au_7Ag_6 building blocks. The structures of the polynuclear coinage metal clusters with R2dtc ligands are variable with either unlimited linear chain or triangular M3 units.展开更多
文摘The syntheses and structures of a novel series of polynuclear coinage metal cluster compounds are discussed. The most fascinating structural characteristic of the Au-Ag alloy clusters with Au_18Ag_19 and Au_18Ag_19 cores and phosphine ligands, which were prepared by the reduction of mononuclear coinage metal complexes R3PAuX and R3PAgX with NaBH4 in organic solution, is their construction from 13-atom gold-centred icosahedral Au_7Ag_6 building blocks. The structures of the polynuclear coinage metal clusters with R2dtc ligands are variable with either unlimited linear chain or triangular M3 units.
