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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 138, Issue 48, Pages 15736-15742Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b10168
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- University Grants Committee Areas of Excellence Scheme [AoE/P-03/08]
- ANR/RGC Joint Research Scheme [A-HKU704/12]
- Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China [HKU 17304715]
- University of Hong Kong
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A new class of small gold nanoclusters with molecular characteristics has been constructed using 1,1'-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf) as the stabilizing ligand. The identities of the small gold nanoclusters have been fully characterized by NMR, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Octa- and undecagold clusters are found to display different UV-vis absorption behavior. The ligation of the bidentate ligands and halides or pseudohalides has resulted in the symmetry breaking of these nanoclusters with C-1 symmetry. The small gold nanoclusters with different coordinating halides or pseudohalides show distinct reactivities and stabilities in ligand/anion exchange experiments. The current research has provided insights into the origin of chirality in the diphosphine-stabilized small gold nanoclusters.
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