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Ghosh A, Sagadevan A, Murugesan K, Nastase SAF, Maity B, Bodiuzzaman M, Shkurenko A, Hedhili MN, Yin J, Mohammed OF, Eddaoudi M, Cavallo L, Rueping M, Bakr OM. Multiple neighboring active sites of an atomically precise copper nanocluster catalyst for efficient bond-forming reactions. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2024; 11:2494-2505. [PMID: 38477151 DOI: 10.1039/d4mh00098f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Atomically precise copper nanoclusters (NCs) are an emerging class of nanomaterials for catalysis. Their versatile core-shell architecture opens the possibility of tailoring their catalytically active sites. Here, we introduce a core-shell copper nanocluster (CuNC), [Cu29(StBu)13Cl5(PPh3)4H10]tBuSO3 (StBu: tert-butylthiol; PPh3: triphenylphosphine), Cu29NC, with multiple accessible active sites on its shell. We show that this nanocluster is a versatile catalyst for C-heteroatom bond formation (C-O, C-N, and C-S) with several advantages over previous Cu systems. When supported, the cluster can also be reused as a heterogeneous catalyst without losing its efficiency, making it a hybrid homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst. We elucidated the atomic-level mechanism of the catalysis using density functional theory (DFT) calculations based on the single crystal structure. We found that the cooperative action of multiple neighboring active sites is essential for the catalyst's efficiency. The calculations also revealed that oxidative addition is the rate-limiting step that is facilitated by the neighboring active sites of the Cu29NC, which highlights a unique advantage of nanoclusters over traditional copper catalysts. Our results demonstrate the potential of nanoclusters for enabling the rational atomically precise design and investigation of multi-site catalysts.
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- Atanu Ghosh
- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center (AMPMC), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Core Labs, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, 999077, Hong Kong, China
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- Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center (AMPMC), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center (AMPMC), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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Wang M, Wang Y. Advances for Triangular and Sandwich-Shaped All-Metal Aromatics. Molecules 2024; 29:763. [PMID: 38398515 PMCID: PMC10892378 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29040763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Much experimental work has been contributed to all-metal σ, π and δ-aromaticity among transition metals, semimetallics and other metals in the past two decades. Before our focused investigations on the properties of triangular and sandwich-shaped all-metal aromatics, A. I. Boldyrev presented general discussions on the concepts of all-metal σ-aromaticity and σ-antiaromaticity for metallo-clusters. Schleyer illustrated that Nucleus-Independent Chemical Shifts (NICS) were among the most authoritative criteria for aromaticity. Ugalde discussed the earlier developments of all-metal aromatic compounds with all possible shapes. Besides the theoretical predictions, many stable all-metal aromatic trinuclear clusters have been isolated as the metallic analogues of either the σ-aromatic molecule's [H3]+ ion or the π-aromatic molecule's [C3H3]+ ion. Different from Hoffman's opinion on all-metal aromaticity, triangular all-metal aromatics were found to hold great potential in applications in coordination chemistry, catalysis, and material science. Triangular all-metal aromatics, which were theoretically proved to conform to the Hückel (4n + 2) rule and possess the smallest aromatic ring, could also play roles as stable ligands during the formation of all-metal sandwiches. The triangular and sandwich-shaped all-metal aromatics have not yet been specifically summarized despite their diversity of existence, puissant developments and various interesting applications. These findings are different from the public opinion that all-metal aromatics would be limited to further applications due to their overstated difficulties in synthesis and uncertain stabilities. Our review will specifically focus on the summarization of theoretical predictions, feasible syntheses and isolations, and multiple applications of triangular and sandwich shaped all-metal aromatics. The appropriateness and necessities of this review will emphasize and disseminate their importance and applications forcefully and in a timely manner.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Energy Storage and Novel Cell Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China;
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Liu Q, Song X, DuBois D, Yu B, Bhuller A, Flannery G, Hawley M, Bridges F, Chen S. Alkyne-Functionalized Platinum Chalcogenide (S, Se) Nanoparticles. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:1046-1053. [PMID: 38170680 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Metal chalcogenide nanoparticles play a vital role in a wide range of applications and are typically stabilized by organic derivatives containing thiol, amine, or carboxyl moieties, where the nonconjugated particle-ligand interfaces limit the electronic interactions between the inorganic cores and organic ligands. Herein, a wet-chemistry method is developed for the facile preparation of stable platinum chalcogenide (S, Se) nanoparticles capped with acetylene derivatives (e.g., 4-ethylphenylacetylene, EPA). The formation of Pt-C≡ conjugated bonds at the nanoparticle interfaces, which is confirmed by optical and X-ray spectroscopic measurements, leads to markedly enhanced electronic interactions between the d electrons of the nanoparticle cores and π electrons of the acetylene moiety, in stark contrast to the mercapto-capped counterparts with only nonconjugated Pt-S- interfacial bonds, as manifested in spectroscopic measurements and density functional theory calculations. This study underscores the significance of conjugated anchoring linkages in the stabilization and functionalization of metal chalcogenides, a unique strategy for diverse applications.
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- Qiming Liu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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Kim HJ. Spectroscopic and Chemical Properties of Ionic Liquids: Computational Study. CHEM REC 2023; 23:e202300075. [PMID: 37166396 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202300075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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A brief account is given of highlights of our computational efforts - often in collaboration with experimental groups - to understand spectroscopic and chemical properties of ionic liquids (ILs). Molecular dynamics, including their inhomogeneous character, responsible for key spectral features observed in dielectric absorption, infra-red (IR) and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) measurements are elucidated. Mechanisms of chemical processes involving imidazolium-based ILs are illustrated for CO2 capture and related reactions, transesterification of cellulose, and Au nanocluster-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling reaction with attention paid to differing roles of IL ions. A comparison with experiments is also made.
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- Hyung J Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Yonesato K, Yanai D, Yamazoe S, Yokogawa D, Kikuchi T, Yamaguchi K, Suzuki K. Surface-exposed silver nanoclusters inside molecular metal oxide cavities. Nat Chem 2023:10.1038/s41557-023-01234-w. [PMID: 37291453 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01234-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The surfaces of metal nanoclusters, including their interface with metal oxides, exhibit a high reactivity that is attractive for practical purposes. This high reactivity, however, has also hindered the synthesis of structurally well-defined hybrids of metal nanoclusters and metal oxides with exposed surfaces and/or interfaces. Here we report the sequential synthesis of structurally well-defined {Ag30} nanoclusters in the cavity of ring-shaped molecular metal oxides known as polyoxometalates. The {Ag30} nanoclusters possess exposed silver surfaces yet are stabilized both in solution and the solid state by the surrounding ring-shaped polyoxometalate species. The clusters underwent a redox-induced structural transformation without undesirable agglomeration or decomposition. Furthermore, {Ag30} nanoclusters showed high catalytic activity for the selective reduction of several organic functional groups using H2 under mild reaction conditions. We believe that these findings will serve for the discrete synthesis of surface-exposed metal nanoclusters stabilized by molecular metal oxides, which may in turn find applications in, for example, the fields of catalysis and energy conversion.
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- Kentaro Yonesato
- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Arts and Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Japan.
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Li Y, Zhao S, Zang S. Programmable kernel structures of atomically precise metal nanoclusters for tailoring catalytic properties. EXPLORATION (BEIJING, CHINA) 2023; 3:20220005. [PMID: 37933377 PMCID: PMC10624382 DOI: 10.1002/exp.20220005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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The unclear structures and polydispersity of metal nanoparticles (NPs) seriously hamper the identification of the active sites and the construction of structure-reactivity relationships. Fortunately, ligand-protected metal nanoclusters (NCs) with atomically precise structures and monodispersity have become an ideal candidate for understanding the well-defined correlations between structure and catalytic property at an atomic level. The programmable kernel structures of atomically precise metal NCs provide a fantastic chance to modulate their size, shape, atomic arrangement, and electron state by the precise modulating of the number, type, and location of metal atoms. Thus, the special focus of this review highlights the most recent process in tailoring the catalytic activity and selectivity over metal NCs by precisely controlling their kernel structures. This review is expected to shed light on the in-depth understanding of metal NCs' kernel structures and reactivity relationships.
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- Ya‐Hui Li
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Material, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center and College of ChemistryZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhouP. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Material, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center and College of ChemistryZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhouP. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Material, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center and College of ChemistryZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhouP. R. China
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Li X, Zhang Q, Xu M, Li X. Modulation of metal nanocatalysts for enhanced selectivity of chemoselective reduction and addition hydrogenation. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2023.113028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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Pt nanoparticles confined in hollow silica nanoreactors as highly efficient catalysts for semihydrogenations of alkynes at atmospheric H2 pressure. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 630:334-342. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Jing W, Shen H, Qin R, Wu Q, Liu K, Zheng N. Surface and Interface Coordination Chemistry Learned from Model Heterogeneous Metal Nanocatalysts: From Atomically Dispersed Catalysts to Atomically Precise Clusters. Chem Rev 2022; 123:5948-6002. [PMID: 36574336 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The surface and interface coordination structures of heterogeneous metal catalysts are crucial to their catalytic performance. However, the complicated surface and interface structures of heterogeneous catalysts make it challenging to identify the molecular-level structure of their active sites and thus precisely control their performance. To address this challenge, atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADMCs) and ligand-protected atomically precise metal clusters (APMCs) have been emerging as two important classes of model heterogeneous catalysts in recent years, helping to build bridge between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. This review illustrates how the surface and interface coordination chemistry of these two types of model catalysts determines the catalytic performance from multiple dimensions. The section of ADMCs starts with the local coordination structure of metal sites at the metal-support interface, and then focuses on the effects of coordinating atoms, including their basicity and hardness/softness. Studies are also summarized to discuss the cooperativity achieved by dual metal sites and remote effects. In the section of APMCs, the roles of surface ligands and supports in determining the catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability of APMCs are illustrated. Finally, some personal perspectives on the further development of surface coordination and interface chemistry for model heterogeneous metal catalysts are presented.
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- Wentong Jing
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
- Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
- Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Xiamen 361102, China
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Pandey DK, Khaskin E, Pal S, Fayzullin RR, Khusnutdinova JR. Efficient Fe-Catalyzed Terminal Alkyne Semihydrogenation by H 2: Selectivity Control via a Bulky PNP Pincer Ligand. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Dilip K. Pandey
- Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, FRC Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 8 Arbuzov Street, Kazan 420088, Russian Federation
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- Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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Liu L, Wang Z, Wang Z, Wang R, Zang S, Mak TCW. Mediating CO
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Electroreduction Activity and Selectivity over Atomically Precise Copper Clusters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202205626. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Li‐Juan Liu
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials Green Catalysis Center College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials Green Catalysis Center College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials Green Catalysis Center College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials Green Catalysis Center College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials Green Catalysis Center College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials Green Catalysis Center College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
- Department of Chemistry and Center of Novel Functional Molecules The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, New Territories Hong Kong SAR China
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Zou J, Fei W, Qiao Y, Yang Y, He Z, Feng L, Li MB, Wu Z. Combined synthesis of interconvertible Au11Cd and Au26Cd5 for photocatalytic oxidations involving singlet oxygen. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Dong J, Robinson JR, Gao ZH, Wang LS. Selective Semihydrogenation of Polarized Alkynes by a Gold Hydride Nanocluster. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:12501-12509. [PMID: 35771170 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c05046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The hydridic hydrogen in nanogold catalysts has long been postulated as an important intermediate in hydrogenation reactions, but it has not been directly observed. Here, we report the synthesis of a new undecagold cluster with a bidentate phosphine ligand. The chelating effects of the bidentate ligand result in a more symmetric Au11 core with two labile Cl- ligands that can exchange with BH4-, leading to a novel undecagold hydride cluster. The new hydride cluster is discovered to readily undergo hydroauration reaction with alkynes containing electron-withdrawing groups, forming key gold-alkenyl semihydrogenation intermediates, which can be efficiently and selectively converted to Z-alkenes under acidic conditions. All key reaction intermediates are isolated and characterized, providing atomic-level insights into the active sites and mechanisms of semihydrogenation reactions catalyzed by gold-based nanomaterials. The hydridic hydrogen in the undecagold cluster is found to be the key to prevent over hydrogenation of alkenes to alkanes. The current study provides fundamental insights into hydrogenation chemistry enabled by gold-based nanomaterials and may lead to the development of efficient catalysts for selective semihydrogenation or functionalization of alkynes.
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- Jia Dong
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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Yuan SF, Guan ZJ, Wang QM. Identification of the Active Species in Bimetallic Cluster Catalyzed Hydrogenation. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:11405-11412. [PMID: 35700103 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c04156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Identification of the authentic active species of cluster catalysis is rather challenging, and direct structural evidence is quite valuable and difficult to obtain. Two "isostructural" clusters, Ag25Cu4Cl6(dppb)6(PhC≡C)12(SO3CF3)3 (1) and Ag25Cu4Cl6H8(dppb)6(PhC≡C)12(SO3CF3)3 (2H) (dppb is 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphine)butane), have been successfully isolated and structurally characterized. Both these clusters have a centered icosahedron Ag13 core with the same peripheral composition and structure. The only difference is that 2H has eight hydrides but 1 has none, that is, the kernels are Ag135+ and Ag13H85+ in 1 and 2H, respectively. The catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol (4-AP) as a model reaction is assessed with the two clusters. Cluster 2H is very active with 100% yield within 2 h, whereas 1 shows a very low conversion (∼8%) under the same conditions. Interestingly, high catalytic activity was observed when 1 was converted to 2H with the oxidation of H2O2 under catalytic conditions. The unprecedented transformation of a reduced nanocluster to an Ag(I)Cu(I) bimetallic cluster compound provides an excellent platform to determine the real active cluster in terms of metal cluster catalysis. The present work presents clear structural evidence that the catalytic performance of metal nanoclusters can be modulated by properly regulating the oxidation state of their constituted metal atoms.
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- Shang-Fu Yuan
- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China.,Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China.,Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China
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Mitsui M, Wada Y, Kishii R, Arima D, Niihori Y. Evidence for triplet-state-dominated luminescence in biicosahedral superatomic molecular Au 25 clusters. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:7974-7979. [PMID: 35470826 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr00813k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In photoluminescence (PL) quenching and triplet fusion upconversion experiments with fluorescent organic-molecule quenchers, it was revealed that a rod-shaped, phosphine- and thiolate-protected biicosahedral Au25 cluster (a representative di-superatomic molecule) exhibits only phosphorescence, not fluorescence, at room temperature with an intersystem crossing quantum yield of almost 100%. By virtue of these photophysical properties, this cluster can be used as a triplet sensitizer that undergoes direct singlet-triplet transitions in the near-infrared (NIR) region (730-900 nm), inducing photon upconversion from NIR to visible light.
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- Masaaki Mitsui
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1, Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1, Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1, Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1, Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1, Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan.
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Liu LJ, Wang ZY, Wang ZY, Wang R, Zang SQ, Mak TCW. Mediating CO2 Electroreduction Activity and Selectivity over Atomically Precise Copper Cluster. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202205626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Li-Juan Liu
- Zhengzhou University Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry CHINA
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- Zhengzhou University Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry CHINA
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- Zhengzhou University Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry CHINA
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- Zhengzhou University Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry CHINA
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- Zhengzhou University No 100. Kexue Avenue 450001 Zhengzhou CHINA
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Chemistry and Center of Novel Functional Molecules CHINA
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Yan H, Xiang H, Liu J, Cheng R, Ye Y, Han Y, Yao C. The Factors Dictating Properties of Atomically Precise Metal Nanocluster Electrocatalysts. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2200812. [PMID: 35403353 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202200812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Metal nanoparticles occupy an important position in electrocatalysis. Unfortunately, by using conventional synthetic methodology, it is a great challenge to realize the monodisperse composition/structure of metal nanoparticles at the atomic level, and to establish correlations between the catalytic properties and the structure of individual catalyst particles. For the study of well-defined nanocatalysts, great advances have been made for the successful synthesis of nanoparticles with atomic precision, notably ligand-passivated metal nanoclusters. Such well-defined metal nanoclusters have become a type of model catalyst and have shown great potential in catalysis research. In this review, the authors summarize the advances in the utilization of atomically precise metal nanoclusters for electrocatalysis. In particular, the factors (e.g., size, metal doping/alloying, ligand engineering, support materials as well as charge state of clusters) affecting selectivity and activity of catalysts are highlighted. The authors aim to provide insightful guidelines for the rational design of electrocatalysts with high performance and perspectives on potential challenges and opportunities in this emerging field.
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- Hao Yan
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Ningbo Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, 218 Qingyi Road, Ningbo, 315103, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Ningbo Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, 218 Qingyi Road, Ningbo, 315103, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Ningbo Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, 218 Qingyi Road, Ningbo, 315103, China
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Denisova EA, Kostyukovich AY, Fakhrutdinov AN, Korabelnikova VA, Galushko AS, Ananikov VP. “Hidden” Nanoscale Catalysis in Alkyne Hydrogenation with Well-Defined Molecular Pd/NHC Complexes. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Ekaterina A. Denisova
- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Yuan J, Yun Y, Tao Z, Zhu YN, Li L, Sheng H, Zhu M. Atomically Precise Cu
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- Jiajia Yuan
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials Anhui University Hefei Anhui 230601 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials Anhui University Hefei Anhui 230601 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials Anhui University Hefei Anhui 230601 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials Anhui University Hefei Anhui 230601 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials Anhui University Hefei Anhui 230601 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials Anhui University Hefei Anhui 230601 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials Anhui University Hefei Anhui 230601 China
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Adnan RH, Madridejos JML, Alotabi AS, Metha GF, Andersson GG. A Review of State of the Art in Phosphine Ligated Gold Clusters and Application in Catalysis. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2105692. [PMID: 35332703 PMCID: PMC9130904 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202105692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Atomically precise gold clusters are highly desirable due to their well-defined structure which allows the study of structure-property relationships. In addition, they have potential in technological applications such as nanoscale catalysis. The structural, chemical, electronic, and optical properties of ligated gold clusters are strongly defined by the metal-ligand interaction and type of ligands. This critical feature renders gold-phosphine clusters unique and distinct from other ligand-protected gold clusters. The use of multidentate phosphines enables preparation of varying core sizes and exotic structures beyond regular polyhedrons. Weak gold-phosphorous (Au-P) bonding is advantageous for ligand exchange and removal for specific applications, such as catalysis, without agglomeration. The aim of this review is to provide a unified view of gold-phosphine clusters and to present an in-depth discussion on recent advances and key developments for these clusters. This review features the unique chemistry, structural, electronic, and optical properties of gold-phosphine clusters. Advanced characterization techniques, including synchrotron-based spectroscopy, have unraveled substantial effects of Au-P interaction on the composition-, structure-, and size-dependent properties. State-of-the-art theoretical calculations that reveal insights into experimental findings are also discussed. Finally, a discussion of the application of gold-phosphine clusters in catalysis is presented.
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- Rohul H. Adnan
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of ScienceCenter for Hydrogen EnergyUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)Johor Bahru81310Malaysia
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- Flinders Institute for NanoScale Science and TechnologyFlinders UniversityAdelaideSouth Australia5042Australia
- Department of PhysicsFaculty of Science and Arts in BaljurashiAlbaha UniversityBaljurashi65655Saudi Arabia
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of AdelaideAdelaideSouth Australia5005Australia
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- Flinders Institute for NanoScale Science and TechnologyFlinders UniversityAdelaideSouth Australia5042Australia
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López-Hernández I, Truttmann V, Barrabés N, Rupprechter G, Rey F, Mengual J, Palomares A. Gold nanoclusters supported on different materials as catalysts for the selective alkyne semihydrogenation. Catal Today 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2022.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Wang YM, Cai J, Wang QY, Li Y, Han Z, Li S, Gong CH, Wang S, Zang SQ, Mak TCW. Electropolymerization of Metal Clusters Establishing a Versatile Platform for Enhanced Catalysis Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202114538. [PMID: 34981633 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Atomically precise metal clusters are attractive as highly efficient catalysts, but suffer from continuous efficiency deactivation in the catalytic process. Here, we report the development of an efficient strategy that enhances catalytic performance by electropolymerization (EP) of metal clusters into hybrid materials. Based on carbazole ligand protection, three polymerized metal-cluster hybrid materials, namely Poly-Cu14 cba, Poly-Cu6 Au6 cbz and Poly-Cu6 Ag4 cbz, were prepared. Compared with isolated metal clusters, metal clusters immobilizing on a biscarbazole network after EP significantly improved their electron-transfer ability and long-term recyclability, resulting in higher catalytic performance. As a proof-of-concept, Poly-Cu14 cba was evaluated as an electrocatalyst for reducing nitrate (NO3 - ) to ammonia (NH3 ), which exhibited ≈4-fold NH3 yield rate and ≈2-fold Faraday efficiency enhancement compared to that of Cu14 cba with good durability. Similarly, Poly-Cu6 Au6 cbz showed 10 times higher photocatalytic efficiency towards chemical warfare simulants degradation than the cluster counterpart.
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- Yi-Man Wang
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Zhang MM, Dong XY, Wang YJ, Zang SQ, Mak TC. Recent progress in functional atom-precise coinage metal clusters protected by alkynyl ligands. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Wang Y, Cai J, Wang Q, Li Y, Han Z, Li S, Gong C, Wang S, Zang S, Mak TCW. Electropolymerization of Metal Clusters Establishing a Versatile Platform for Enhanced Catalysis Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Yi‐Man Wang
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- Department of Chemistry The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, New Territories Hong Kong SAR China
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Nasaruddin RR, Hülsey MJ, Xie J. Enhancing catalytic properties of ligand-protected gold-based 25-metal atom nanoclusters by silver doping. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2021.112095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kawawaki T, Shimizu N, Mitomi Y, Yazaki D, Hossain S, Negishi Y. Supported, ∼1-nm-Sized Platinum Clusters: Controlled Preparation and Enhanced Catalytic Activity. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Tokuhisa Kawawaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku–ku, Tokyo 162–8601, Japan
- Research Institute for Science & Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku–ku, Tokyo 162–8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku–ku, Tokyo 162–8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku–ku, Tokyo 162–8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku–ku, Tokyo 162–8601, Japan
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- Research Institute for Science & Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku–ku, Tokyo 162–8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku–ku, Tokyo 162–8601, Japan
- Research Institute for Science & Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku–ku, Tokyo 162–8601, Japan
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Li Z, Zhang X, Shi Q, Gong X, Xu H, Li G. Morphology effect of ceria supports on gold nanocluster catalyzed CO oxidation. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:7002-7006. [PMID: 36132362 PMCID: PMC9417965 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00680k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The interfacial perimeter is generally viewed as the catalytically active site for a number of chemical reactions over oxide-supported nanogold catalysts. Here, well-defined CeO2 nanocubes, nanorods and nanopolyhedra are chosen to accommodate atomically precise clusters (e.g. Au25(PET)18) to give different Au cluster-CeO2 interfaces. TEM images show that Au particles of ∼1.3 nm are uniformly anchored on the ceria surface after annealing in air at 120 °C, which can rule out the size hierarchy of nanogold in CO oxidation studies. The gold nanoclusters are only immobilized on the CeO2(200) facet in Au25/CeO2-C, while they are selectively loaded on CeO2(002) and (111) in the Au25/CeO2-R and Au25/CeO2-P catalysts. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and in situ infrared CO adsorption experiments clearly demonstrate that the gold species in the Au25/CeO2 samples are similar and partially charged (Au δ+, where 0 < δ < 1). It is observed that the catalytic activity decreases in the order of Au/CeO2-R ≈ Au/CeO2-P > Au/CeO4-C in the CO oxidation. And the apparent activation energy over Au25/CeO2-C (60.5 kJ mol-1) is calculated to be about two-fold of that over the Au25/CeO2-R (28.6 kJ mol-1) and Au25/CeO2-P (31.3 kJ mol-1) catalysts. It is mainly tailored by the adsorbed [O] species on the ceria surface, namely, Au25/CeO2(002) and Au25/CeO2(111) which were more active than the Au25/CeO2(200) system in the CO oxidation. These insights at the molecular level may provide guidelines for the design of new oxide-supported nanogold catalysts for aerobic oxidations.
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- Zhimin Li
- College of Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Hohhot 010018 China
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- College of Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Hohhot 010018 China
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- College of Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Hohhot 010018 China
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- College of Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Hohhot 010018 China
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- College of Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Hohhot 010018 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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Bigi F, Cera G, Maggi R, Wang Y, Malacria M, Maestri G. Is Aromaticity a Driving Force in Catalytic Cycles? A Case from the Cycloisomerization of Enynes Catalyzed by All-Metal Aromatic Pd 3+ Clusters and Carboxylic Acids. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:10035-10043. [PMID: 34784222 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c07253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The work details a mechanistic study based on density functional theory modeling on the cycloisomerization of polyunsaturated substrates catalyzed by all-metal aromatic tripalladium complexes and carboxylic acids. These clusters are an emerging class of catalysts for a variety of relevant transformations, including C-C forming processes that occur under mild conditions and display synthetic features complementary to those of established mononuclear complexes. This study is the first computational one devoted to the comprehension of the series of elementary steps involved in a synthetic transformation catalyzed by an all-metal aromatic complex. Present results confirm previous experimental hints on the striking mechanistic differences exerted by these clusters with respect to the usual cyclization pathways of related substrates. Moreover, the catalytic cycle involving present all-metal aromatic clusters closely parallels the mechanism of the aromatic substitution of regular arenes.
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- Franca Bigi
- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.,IMEM-CNR, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, 252059 Liaocheng, China
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- Sorbonne Université, Faculty of Science and Engineering, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (UMR CNRS 8232), 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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Chang H, Bootharaju MS, Lee S, Kim JH, Kim BH, Hyeon T. To inorganic nanoparticles via nanoclusters: Nonclassical nucleation and growth pathway. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.12388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Hogeun Chang
- Center for Nanoparticle Research Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Seoul Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Institute of Chemical Processes Seoul National University Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Seoul Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Institute of Chemical Processes Seoul National University Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Seoul Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Institute of Chemical Processes Seoul National University Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Seoul Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Institute of Chemical Processes Seoul National University Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Seoul Republic of Korea
- Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering Soongsil University Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Seoul Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Institute of Chemical Processes Seoul National University Seoul Republic of Korea
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Li S, Tian W, Liu Y. The ligand effect of atomically precise gold nanoclusters in tailoring catalytic properties. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:16847-16859. [PMID: 34622913 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr05232b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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It is well known that surface ligands are vital layers for ligand-protected Aun nanoclusters. Improving the knowledge of the relationship between ligands and catalytic properties is a forefront research topic for Aun nanoclusters. Enormous effort has been devoted to realizing the ligand effect in synthesis, including well-controlled sizes and shapes as well as structural transformation. However, the crucial function of surface ligands has not been addressed yet in catalytic reactions. Here, this review mainly aims to summarize the recent progress concerning the influence of surface ligand layers on catalytic activity and selectivity, based on the various types of ligand protected Aun nanoclusters. Besides, the potential challenges and opportunities of Aun nanoclusters are indicated, mainly in terms of surface ligands to guide the improvement of catalytic performances.
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- Shuohao Li
- School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
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- School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
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- School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
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Isozaki K, Ueno R, Ishibashi K, Nakano G, Yin H, Iseri K, Sakamoto M, Takaya H, Teranishi T, Nakamura M. Gold Nanocluster Functionalized with Peptide Dendron Thiolates: Acceleration of the Photocatalytic Oxidation of an Amino Alcohol in a Supramolecular Reaction Field. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Katsuhiro Isozaki
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Technological Systems, Osaka Prefecture University College of Technology, Saiwaicho 26-12, Neyagawa, Osaka 572-8572, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Kawawaki T, Kataoka Y, Hirata M, Akinaga Y, Takahata R, Wakamatsu K, Fujiki Y, Kataoka M, Kikkawa S, Alotabi AS, Hossain S, Osborn DJ, Teranishi T, Andersson GG, Metha GF, Yamazoe S, Negishi Y. Creation of High-Performance Heterogeneous Photocatalysts by Controlling Ligand Desorption and Particle Size of Gold Nanocluster. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:21340-21350. [PMID: 34038609 PMCID: PMC8518739 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Recently, the creation of new heterogeneous catalysts using the unique electronic/geometric structures of small metal nanoclusters (NCs) has received considerable attention. However, to achieve this, it is extremely important to establish methods to remove the ligands from ligand-protected metal NCs while preventing the aggregation of metal NCs. In this study, the ligand-desorption process during calcination was followed for metal-oxide-supported 2-phenylethanethiolate-protected gold (Au) 25-atom metal NCs using five experimental techniques. The results clearly demonstrate that the ligand-desorption process consists of ligand dissociation on the surface of the metal NCs, adsorption of the generated compounds on the support and desorption of the compounds from the support, and the temperatures at which these processes occurred were elucidated. Based on the obtained knowledge, we established a method to form a metal-oxide layer on the surface of Au NCs while preventing their aggregation, thereby succeeding in creating a water-splitting photocatalyst with high activity and stability.
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- Tokuhisa Kawawaki
- Department of Applied ChemistryFaculty of ScienceTokyo University of ScienceKagurazakaShinjuku-kuTokyo162-8601Japan
- Photocatalysis International Research CenterTokyo University of Science2641 YamazakiNodaChiba278-8510Japan
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- Department of Applied ChemistryFaculty of ScienceTokyo University of ScienceKagurazakaShinjuku-kuTokyo162-8601Japan
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- Department of Applied ChemistryFaculty of ScienceTokyo University of ScienceKagurazakaShinjuku-kuTokyo162-8601Japan
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- Department of Applied ChemistryFaculty of ScienceTokyo University of ScienceKagurazakaShinjuku-kuTokyo162-8601Japan
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- Institute for Chemical ResearchKyoto UniversityGokashoUji611-0011Japan
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- Department of Applied ChemistryFaculty of ScienceTokyo University of ScienceKagurazakaShinjuku-kuTokyo162-8601Japan
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- Department of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceTokyo Metropolitan University1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shiTokyo192-0397Japan
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- Department of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceTokyo Metropolitan University1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shiTokyo192-0397Japan
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- Department of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceTokyo Metropolitan University1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shiTokyo192-0397Japan
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyFlinders UniversityAdelaideSouth Australia5042Australia
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- Department of Applied ChemistryFaculty of ScienceTokyo University of ScienceKagurazakaShinjuku-kuTokyo162-8601Japan
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of AdelaideAdelaideSouth Australia5005Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyFlinders UniversityAdelaideSouth Australia5042Australia
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of AdelaideAdelaideSouth Australia5005Australia
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- Department of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceTokyo Metropolitan University1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shiTokyo192-0397Japan
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- Department of Applied ChemistryFaculty of ScienceTokyo University of ScienceKagurazakaShinjuku-kuTokyo162-8601Japan
- Photocatalysis International Research CenterTokyo University of Science2641 YamazakiNodaChiba278-8510Japan
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Li R, Zhang CC, Wang D, Hu YF, Li YL, Xie W. Reaction pathway change on plasmonic Au nanoparticles studied by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Wang M, Liu X, Ren K, Zhou Y, Li T, Bi Y, Kang H, Xing E, Chen Q. Ultrasmall and Stable Pd and Pt Nanoparticles Within Zeolite HY Through Impregnated Method with Enhanced Semihydrogenation Selectivity. Catal Letters 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-020-03523-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Ceylan YS, Gieseking RLM. Hydride- and halide-substituted Au 9(PH 3) 83+ nanoclusters: similar absorption spectra disguise distinct geometries and electronic structures. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:17287-17299. [PMID: 34346427 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02761a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ligands dramatically affect the electronic structure of gold nanoclusters (NCs) and provide a useful handle to tune the properties required for nanomaterials that have high performance for important functions like catalysis. Recently, questions have arisen about the nature of the interactions of hydride and halide ligands with Au NCs: hydride and halide ligands have similar effects on the absorption spectra of Au9 NCs, which suggested that the interactions of the two classes of ligands with the Au core may be similar. Here, we elucidate the interactions of halide and hydride ligands with phosphine-protected gold clusters via theoretical investigations. The computed absorption spectra using time-dependent density functional theory are in reasonable agreement with the experimental spectra, confirming that the computational methods are capturing the ligand-metal interactions accurately. Despite the similarities in the absorption spectra, the hydride and halide ligands have distinct geometric and electronic effects. The hydride ligand behaves as a metal dopant and contributes its two electrons to the number of superatomic electrons, while the halides act as electron-withdrawing ligands and do not change the number of superatomic electrons. Clarifying the binding modes of these ligands will aid in future efforts to use ligand derivatization as a powerful tool to rationally design Au NCs for use in functional materials.
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- Yavuz S Ceylan
- Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA.
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Kawawaki T, Kataoka Y, Hirata M, Akinaga Y, Takahata R, Wakamatsu K, Fujiki Y, Kataoka M, Kikkawa S, Alotabi AS, Hossain S, Osborn DJ, Teranishi T, Andersson GG, Metha GF, Yamazoe S, Negishi Y. Creation of High‐Performance Heterogeneous Photocatalysts by Controlling Ligand Desorption and Particle Size of Gold Nanocluster. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202104911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Tokuhisa Kawawaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Science Tokyo University of Science Kagurazaka Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8601 Japan
- Photocatalysis International Research Center Tokyo University of Science 2641 Yamazaki Noda Chiba 278-8510 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Science Tokyo University of Science Kagurazaka Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8601 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Science Tokyo University of Science Kagurazaka Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8601 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Science Tokyo University of Science Kagurazaka Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8601 Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research Kyoto University Gokasho Uji 611-0011 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Science Tokyo University of Science Kagurazaka Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8601 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Tokyo Metropolitan University 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-0397 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Tokyo Metropolitan University 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-0397 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Tokyo Metropolitan University 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-0397 Japan
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology Flinders University Adelaide South Australia 5042 Australia
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Science Tokyo University of Science Kagurazaka Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8601 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia 5005 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology Flinders University Adelaide South Australia 5042 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia 5005 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Tokyo Metropolitan University 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-0397 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Science Tokyo University of Science Kagurazaka Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8601 Japan
- Photocatalysis International Research Center Tokyo University of Science 2641 Yamazaki Noda Chiba 278-8510 Japan
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Lei Z, Li J, Nan Z, Jiang Z, Wang Q. Cluster From Cluster: A Quantitative Approach to Magic Gold Nanoclusters [Au
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- Zhen Lei
- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Material College of Chemistry and Life Sciences Institute of Physical Chemistry Zhejiang Normal University Jinhua 321004 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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Kawawaki T, Kataoka Y, Hirata M, Iwamatsu Y, Hossain S, Negishi Y. Toward the creation of high-performance heterogeneous catalysts by controlled ligand desorption from atomically precise metal nanoclusters. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2021; 6:409-448. [PMID: 33903861 DOI: 10.1039/d1nh00046b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Ligand-protected metal nanoclusters controlled by atomic accuracy (i. e. atomically precise metal NCs) have recently attracted considerable attention as active sites in heterogeneous catalysts. Using these atomically precise metal NCs, it becomes possible to create novel heterogeneous catalysts based on a size-specific electronic/geometrical structure of metal NCs and understand the mechanism of the catalytic reaction easily. However, to create high-performance heterogeneous catalysts using atomically precise metal NCs, it is often necessary to remove the ligands from the metal NCs. This review summarizes previous studies on the creation of heterogeneous catalysts using atomically precise metal NCs while focusing on the calcination as a ligand-elimination method. Through this summary, we intend to share state-of-art techniques and knowledge on (1) experimental conditions suitable for creating high-performance heterogeneous catalysts (e.g., support type, metal NC type, ligand type, and calcination temperature), (2) the mechanism of calcination, and (3) the mechanism of catalytic reaction over the created heterogeneous catalyst. We also discuss (4) issues that should be addressed in the future toward the creation of high-performance heterogeneous catalysts using atomically precise metal NCs. The knowledge and issues described in this review are expected to lead to clear design guidelines for the creation of novel heterogeneous catalysts.
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- Tokuhisa Kawawaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan. and Photocatalysis International Research Center, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan and Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan. and Photocatalysis International Research Center, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan and Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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Lei Z, Li JJ, Nan ZA, Jiang ZG, Wang QM. Cluster From Cluster: A Quantitative Approach to Magic Gold Nanoclusters [Au 25 (SR) 18 ] . Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:14415-14419. [PMID: 33829603 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202103290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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High-yield and large-scale synthesis are highly demanded for the studies of gold nanoclusters. We developed a "cluster from cluster" approach to assemble gold nanoclusters with preformed atomically precise Au13 precursors. This facile approach has proved to be very effective in the synthesis of the well-known magic cluster [Au25 (SR)18 ]- , which could prepare the target cluster in high yield (overall yield up to ≈100 %) at large scale (gram-scale based on gold). This method can be applied in the synthesis of 10 Au25 clusters with different R groups. This work presents an important approach that may be extended to high-yield and large-scale synthesis of other metal nanoclusters.
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- Zhen Lei
- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Material, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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Iakimov NP, Romanyuk AV, Grozdova ID, Dets EA, Alov NV, Sharanov PY, Maksimov SV, Savilov SV, Abramchuk SS, Ksenofontov AL, Eremina EA, Melik-Nubarov NS. Binding of chloroaurate to polytyrosine-PEG micelles leads to an anti-Turkevich pattern of reduction. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:2711-2724. [PMID: 33533363 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm02259d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Here we report formation of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) in micelles of polytyrosine-PEG copolymers that combine the properties of a reducer and a stabilizer. The size and properties of the GNPs were tailored by the excess chloroaurate over the copolymer. The latter quickly formed non-covalent complexes with HAuCl4 and then slowly reduced it to form GNPs. 3 Tyr residues are consumed by reduction of one mole of chloroaurate. The size of the GNPs was controlled by the [Tyr]/[Au(iii)] molar ratio. Small GNPs with D ≅ 8 nm were formed at [Tyr]/[Au(iii)] = 0.5-1.5. 90% of these small GNPs remained bound to the copolymer and could be stored in a lyophilized state. Such polypeptide-gold hybrid materials produced at [Tyr]/[Au(iii)] = 0.5 demonstrated high activity in the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol by sodium borohydride. [Tyr]/[Au(iii)] = 5 led to the formation of large nanoplates (D ≅ 30-60 nm). Thus, in the polymer-based system the GNP size grew in line with the excess of the reducing agent in contrast to Turkevich synthesis of GNPs with citric acid, which also combines the functions of a stabilizer and a reducer. The difference results from the reduction of HAuCl4 in solution according to the Turkevich method and in the micelles of the amphiphilic polymer where the seed growth is limited by the amount of neighboring reducer.
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- Nikolai P Iakimov
- Chemistry Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK
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- Chemistry Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Chemistry Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Chemistry Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia. and Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 62, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia. and Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 62, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Chemistry Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Chemistry Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia. and Department of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 2, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, M. V. Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 40, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Chemistry Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, bldg. 3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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Shi Q, Qin Z, Sharma S, Li G. Recent Progress in Heterogeneous Catalysis by Atomically and Structurally Precise Metal Nanoclusters. CHEM REC 2021; 21:879-892. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202100001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2021] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Quanquan Shi
- College of Science College of Material Science and Art Design Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Hohhot 010018 China
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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Mousavi H, Yin Y, Howard-Fabretto L, Sharma SK, Golovko V, Andersson GG, Shearer CJ, Metha GF. Au 101-rGO nanocomposite: immobilization of phosphine-protected gold nanoclusters on reduced graphene oxide without aggregation. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:1422-1430. [PMID: 36132862 PMCID: PMC9417812 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00927j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Graphene supported transition metal clusters are of great interest for potential applications, such as catalysis, due to their unique properties. In this work, a simple approach to deposit Au101(PPh3)21Cl5 (Au101NC) on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) via an ex situ method is presented. Reduction of graphene oxide at native pH (pH ≈ 2) to rGO was performed under aqueous hydrothermal conditions. Decoration of rGO sheets with controlled content of 5 wt% Au was accomplished using only pre-synthesised Au101NC and rGO as precursors and methanol as solvent. High resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy indicated that the cluster size did not change upon deposition with an average diameter of 1.4 ± 0.4 nm. It was determined that the rGO reduction method was crucial to avoid agglomeration, with rGO reduced at pH ≈ 11 resulting in agglomeration. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to confirm the deposition of Au101NCs and show the presence of triphenyl phosphine ligands, which together with attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, advocates that the deposition of Au101NCs onto the surface of rGO was facilitated via non-covalent interactions with the phenyl groups of the ligands. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and thermogravimetric analysis were used to determine the gold loading and both agree with a gold loading of ca. 4.8-5 wt%. The presented simple and mild strategy demonstrates that good compatibility between size-specific phosphine protected gold clusters and rGO can prevent aggregation of the metal clusters. This work contributes towards producing an agglomeration-free synthesis of size-specific ligated gold clusters on rGO that could have wide range of applications.
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- Hanieh Mousavi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury Christchurch 8140 New Zealand
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- The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury Christchurch 8140 New Zealand
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- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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Li JJ, Guan ZJ, Yuan SF, Hu F, Wang QM. Enriching Structural Diversity of Alkynyl-Protected Gold Nanoclusters with Chlorides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:6699-6703. [PMID: 33336534 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The synthesis and isolation of alkynyl/chloride-protected gold nanoclusters is described. Silica gel column chromatography is effective in isolating gold nanoclusters from the as-synthesized cluster mixture to give the clusters Na[Au25 L18 ] (Au25 ), [HNEt3 ]3 [Au67 L32 Cl4 ] (Au67 ), [HNEt3 ]4 [Au106 L40 Cl12 ] (Au106 ), L=3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-phenylacetylide. Au67 and Au106 are new clusters; the structures were determined by X-ray single-crystal diffraction. Au67 contains a distorted Au18 Marks decahedron shelled by an irregular Au32 and further protected with two V-shaped Au2 L3 , 13 linear AuL2 staples and 4 chlorides. Au67 is the first structurally determined 34e superatomic gold nanocluster. Au106 is composed of 106 Au atoms co-protected by alkynyls and chlorides. It has a Au79 kernel, like in Au102 (p-MBA)44 . The surface structure of Au106 includes 20 linear Au-alkynyl staples, 5 Cl-Au-Cl and 2 Cl-Au motifs. These three gold nanoclusters show size-dependent electrochemical properties.
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- Jiao-Jiao Li
- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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Li J, Guan Z, Yuan S, Hu F, Wang Q. Enriching Structural Diversity of Alkynyl‐Protected Gold Nanoclusters with Chlorides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202014154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Jiao‐Jiao Li
- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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Ma X, Tang Y, Ma G, Qin L, Tang Z. Controllable synthesis and formation mechanism study of homoleptic alkynyl-protected Au nanoclusters: recent advances, grand challenges, and great opportunities. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:602-614. [PMID: 33410856 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr07499c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In the past decade, atomically precise coinage metal nanoclusters have been a subject of major interest in nanoscience and nanotechnology because of their determined compositions and well-defined molecular structures, which are beneficial for establishing structure-property relationships. Recently ligand engineering has been extended to alkynyl molecules. Homoleptic alkynyl-protected Au nanoclusters (Au NCs) have emerged as a hotspot of research interest, mainly due to their unique optical properties, molecular configuration, and catalytic functionalities, and more importantly, they are used as a counterpart object for fundamental study to compare with the well-established thiolate Au NCs. In this review, we first summarize the recently reported various controllable synthetic strategies for atomically precise homoleptic-alkynyl-protected Au NCs, with particular emphasis on the ligand exchange method, direct reduction of the precursor, one-pot synthesis, and the synchronous nucleation and passivation strategy. After that, we switch our focus to the formation mechanism and structure evolution process of homoleptic alkynyl-protected Au NCs, where Au144(PA)60 and Au36(PA)24 (PA = phenylacetylide) are given as examples, along with the prediction of the possible formation mechanism of some other cluster molecules. In the end of this review, the outlook and perspective of this rapidly developing field including grand challenges and great opportunities are discussed. This review can stimulate more research efforts towards developing new synthetic strategies to enrich the limited examples and unravel the formation/growth mechanism of homoleptic alkynyl-protected Au NCs.
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- Xiaoshuang Ma
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Surface Chemistry of Energy Materials and New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China.
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Surface Chemistry of Energy Materials and New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China.
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Surface Chemistry of Energy Materials and New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China.
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Surface Chemistry of Energy Materials and New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China.
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Surface Chemistry of Energy Materials and New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China. and Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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Hewitt MA, Hernández H, Johnson GE. ESI-MS Identification of the Cationic Phosphine-Ligated Gold Clusters Au 1-22: Insight into the Gold-Ligand Ratio and Abundance of Larger Clusters. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2021; 32:237-246. [PMID: 33119279 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Triphenylphosphine (PPh3)-ligated gold nanoclusters are valuable for a number of potential applications due to their relative ease of synthesis and usefulness in forming advanced cluster architectures. While previous studies have reported cationic PPh3-ligated gold clusters with core sizes of Au1-4, Au6-11, and Au13-14, there has not been definitive identification by mass spectrometry of many larger clusters in the Au12-25 range. Herein, we survey a polydisperse solution of cationic PPh3-ligated gold clusters using high-mass-resolution (M/ΔM = 60,000) electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). To improve the sensitivity and mass resolution of larger clusters for unambiguous identification, we increased the number of scan averages and reduced the range of mass collection windows to 200 m/z, thereby mitigating potential mass and ion abundance bias resulting from smaller "building block" gold clusters that are present in much higher abundance in solution. In addition to the previously reported clusters, we identify several new species including Au5(PPh3)5+, Au12(PPh3)9HCl2+, Au15(PPh3)9Cl2+, Au16(PPh3)10Cl22+, Au17(PPh3)113+, Au18(PPh3)102+, Au19(PPh3)10Cl2+, Au20(PPh3)12H33+, Au21(PPh3)10Cl2+, and Au22(PPh3)10Cl22+, indicating that a full range of clusters between Au1-22 may be observed in a single polydisperse solution. Considering all of the clusters observed, our findings provide evidence that the Au12-14 size range is a critical transition point in cluster nucleation. While smaller clusters exhibit a 1:1 gold-to-ligand ratio, larger clusters (beginning Au12-14) feature additional gold atoms without an equal number of accompanying ligands. Our results support previous evidence in the literature indicating that the "magic number" icosahedral Au13 geometry is the smallest cluster size where a ligand-less central gold atom is coordinated by a complete shell of 12 surrounding ligated gold atoms, thereby creating a stable "one-shell" cluster. Furthermore, our findings reinforce growing evidence that ligands may be used to actively direct gold cluster size and abundance during synthesis. While for PPh3-ligated systems the most abundant species are Au6-9 clusters, we find that for related methyldiphenylphosphine (PPh2Me) and dimethylphenylphosphine (PPhMe2)-ligated systems the most abundant cluster sizes are Au10-11 and Au12-14, respectively. Together, we demonstrate that reducing the range of m/z collection windows and increasing the number of scan averages dramatically improves instrument sensitivity for cationic gold clusters, enabling thorough characterization of polydisperse solutions that is not possible using conventional techniques.
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- Michael A Hewitt
- Department of Chemistry, Grinnell College, 1116 Eighth Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa 50112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Grinnell College, 1116 Eighth Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa 50112, United States
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- Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, MSIN K8-88, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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Fiorio JL, Rossi LM. Clean protocol for deoxygenation of epoxides to alkenes via catalytic hydrogenation using gold. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy01695k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Au NP catalyst combined with triethylphosphite, P(OEt)3, is remarkably more reactive than solely Au NPs for the selective deoxygenation of epoxides to alkenes.
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- Jhonatan L. Fiorio
- Departamento de Química Fundamental
- Instituto de Química
- Universidade de São Paulo
- São Paulo
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Fundamental
- Instituto de Química
- Universidade de São Paulo
- São Paulo
- Brazil
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Yin C, Liu S, Qin Z, Zhang Y, Li G, Zhao Z. Butterfly‐Like Tetranuclear Copper(I) Clusters for Efficient Alkyne Homocoupling Reactions. Eur J Inorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Chengyang Yin
- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shenyang Normal University Shenyang 110034 China
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- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shenyang Normal University Shenyang 110034 China
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Qufu Normal University Jining Shi, Qufu 273165 China
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shenyang Normal University Shenyang 110034 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Qufu Normal University Jining Shi, Qufu 273165 China
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shenyang Normal University Shenyang 110034 China
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Yao Q, Wu Z, Liu Z, Lin Y, Yuan X, Xie J. Molecular reactivity of thiolate-protected noble metal nanoclusters: synthesis, self-assembly, and applications. Chem Sci 2020; 12:99-127. [PMID: 34163584 PMCID: PMC8178751 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc04620e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Thiolate-protected noble metal (e.g., Au and Ag) nanoclusters (NCs) are ultra-small particles with a core size of less than 3 nm. Due to the strong quantum confinement effects and diverse atomic packing modes in this ultra-small size regime, noble metal NCs exhibit numerous molecule-like optical, magnetic, and electronic properties, making them an emerging family of "metallic molecules". Based on such molecule-like structures and properties, an individual noble metal NC behaves as a molecular entity in many chemical reactions, and exhibits structurally sensitive molecular reactivity to various ions, molecules, and other metal NCs. Although this molecular reactivity determines the application of NCs in various fields such as sensors, biomedicine, and catalysis, there is still a lack of systematic summary of the molecular interaction/reaction fundamentals of noble metal NCs at the molecular and atomic levels in the current literature. Here, we discuss the latest progress in understanding and exploiting the molecular interactions/reactions of noble metal NCs in their synthesis, self-assembly and application scenarios, based on the typical M(0)@M(i)-SR core-shell structure scheme, where M and SR are the metal atom and thiolate ligand, respectively. In particular, the continuous development of synthesis and characterization techniques has enabled noble metal NCs to be produced with molecular purity and atomically precise structural resolution. Such molecular purity and atomically precise structure, coupled with the great help of theoretical calculations, have revealed the active sites in various structural hierarchies of noble metal NCs (e.g., M(0) core, M-S interface, and SR ligand) for their molecular interactions/reactions. The anatomy of such molecular interactions/reactions of noble metal NCs in synthesis, self-assembly, and applications (e.g., sensors, biomedicine, and catalysis) constitutes another center of our discussion. The basis and practicality of the molecular interactions/reactions of noble metal NCs exemplified in this Review may increase the acceptance of metal NCs in various fields.
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- Qiaofeng Yao
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University Binhai New City Fuzhou China 350207
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University Binhai New City Fuzhou China 350207
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao China 266042
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University Binhai New City Fuzhou China 350207
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Atomically precise palladium nanocluster catalyzed tandem oxidation processes of alcohols and phosphorous ylides: Facile access to α,β-unsaturated esters. Tetrahedron Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.152385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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