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Gao J, Zhou Y, Xu C, Cheng L. Superatomic Aromaticity in Cyclic Superatomic Molecules: Ligand-Protected Penta-Icosahedral [M@Au 11] 5 (M = Au, Pt) Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:2982-2988. [PMID: 38578691 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c00229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Pure or doped gold icosahedra, which can be generally viewed as superatoms, are promising candidates for cluster-assembled structures. As the first large-scale ring-like gold cluster, the report of [Au60Se2(Ph3P)10(SeR)15]+ has arisen much interest, where its Au60 core is composed of five vertex-sharing gold icosahedra in a cyclic way. From electronic characters, this Au60 core is a 40e cyclic penta-superatom network formed by five 8e closed-shell superatoms (S2P6). When more valence electrons are introduced into the penta-superatom network by atomic doping, global delocalized bonds are induced in its bonding framework. In the 42e Au60 core of the [Au60Se2Cl15]- cluster, two extra electrons occupy one delocalized π-bonding orbital formed by super D orbitals of five superatoms, resulting in superatomic π aromaticity. In the 46e [Pt@Au11]5 core of [(Pt@Au11)5Ga2Cl15] cluster, three delocalized super-π bonds are formed, which are organized in the similar way as the aromatic C5H5- molecule. The unveiling of superatomic aromaticity promotes our understanding of the stability of cyclic superatom assemblies and extends the family of superatomic bonding patterns.
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- Jiahao Gao
- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P. R. China
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Xu C, Zhou Y, Shi L, Cheng L. Superatomic Three-Center Bond in a Tri-Icosahedral Au 36Ag 2(SR) 18 Cluster: Analogue of 3c-2e Bond in Molecules. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:10147-10152. [PMID: 36270806 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Probing the nature of electronic stability for ligand-protected gold clusters is important in gold chemistry. A thermally stable Au36Ag2(SR)18 nanocluster was synthesized recently. It has a D3h tri-icosahedral [Au30Ag2]12+ core with 20 valence electrons, which does not follow the magic number of gold superatoms. Herein, we propose a superatomic three-center bond to unveil its electronic stability. The [Au30Ag2]12+ core is viewed as a union of three face-fused superatoms, and chemical bonding analysis suggests a three-superatom-center two-electron (3sc-2e) bond for the octet rule of each superatom, which mimics the bonding framework of the D3h O32- molecule. Moreover, a liganded tri-icosahedral [Au27Pt3Ag2]11+ core with 18 valence electrons is predicted, and three 2sc-2e bonds are formed between each of two superatoms to satisfy the octet rule (analogue of D3h O3), indicating the flexibility of superatomic bonding. Such a superatomic three-center bond extends the community of superatomic bonding and gives a new perspective for superatom assembling.
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- Chang Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, 111 Jiulong Road, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, 111 Jiulong Road, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, 111 Jiulong Road, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, 111 Jiulong Road, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), 111 Jiulong Road, Hefei 230601, P. R. China
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Xu C, Zhou Y, Yi J, Li D, Shi L, Cheng L. Tri- and Tetra-superatomic Molecules in Ligand-Protected Face-Fused Icosahedral (M@Au 12) n (M = Au, Pt, Ir, and Os, and n = 3 and 4) Clusters. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:1931-1939. [PMID: 35187932 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Cluster assembling has been one of the hottest topics in nanochemistry. In certain ligand-protected gold clusters, bi-icosahedral cores assembled from Au13 superatoms were found to be analogues of diatomic molecules F2, N2, and singlet O2, respectively, in electronic shells, depending upon the super valence bond (SVB) model. However, challenges still remain for extending the scale in cluster assembling via the SVB model. In this work, ligand-protected tri- and tetra-superatomic clusters composed of icosahedral M@Au12 (M = Au, Pt, Ir, and Os) units are theoretically predicted. These clusters are stable with reasonable highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO)-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy gaps and proven to be analogues of simple triatomic (Cl3-, OCl2, O3, and CO2) and tetra-atomic (N≡C-C≡N, and Cl-C≡C-Cl) molecules in both geometric and electronic structures. Moreover, a stable cluster-assembling gold nanowire is predicted following the same rules. This work provides effective electronic rules for cluster assembling on a larger scale and gives references for their experimental synthesis.
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- Chang Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, 111 Jiulong Road, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, 111 Jiulong Road, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, 111 Jiulong Road, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, 111 Jiulong Road, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, 111 Jiulong Road, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, 111 Jiulong Road, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials Anhui University, 111 Jiulong Road, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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Yu X, Li D, Wang K, Xia T, Xu C, Wu Z, Cheng L. The Covalent Au I-Au I Bond in (AuF) n ( n = 2∼4): A Perspective to Understand the Closed-Shell Au I···Au I Interaction. Inorg Chem 2021; 61:1051-1058. [PMID: 34965112 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The nature of closed-shell AuI···AuI attraction is still a conundrum in theoretical chemistry. However, for Au2F2 with a zigzag conformation, the d10-d10 closed-shell interaction between the AuF monomers is demonstrated as a coordinate covalent bond. Chemical bonding analysis reveals that the strong AuI···AuI attraction is caused by the participation of the extraordinary active 5d orbital of Au. Based on our study, one of the 5d orbitals of the Au atom is activated to hybridize with its 6s and 6p orbitals to form hybridized dsp2 orbitals, where each Au atom is both an electron donor (Lewis base) and acceptor (Lewis Acid) in dimerization. Actually, the closed-shell AuI···AuI interaction in the zigzag conformation of Au2X2 (X = F, Cl, Br, I, or NH2) is covalent. Our results provide a rather simple but clear-cut example, where mysterious AuI···AuI attractions can be possibly explained by the covalent bond theory.
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- Xinlei Yu
- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China.,Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Hefei 230601, PR China
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Jia Y, Yu X, Zhang H, Cheng L, Luo Z. Tetrahedral Pt 10- Cluster with Unique Beta Aromaticity and Superatomic Feature in Mimicking Methane. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:5115-5122. [PMID: 34029091 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Utilizing a customized metal cluster source in tandem with a flow tube reactor and a reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer, we have obtained well-resolved pure metal clusters Ptn- and observed their gas-phase reactions with a few small gas molecules. Interestingly, the remarkable inertness of Pt10- was repeatedly observed in different reactions. Meanwhile, we have determined the structure of Pt10- within a regular tetrahedron. Considering that Pt possesses 5d96s1 electron configuration, the tetrahedral Pt10- exhibits unexpected stability at neither a magic number of valence electrons nor a shell closure of geometric structure. Comprehensive theoretical calculations unveil the stability of Pt10- is significantly associated with the all-metal aromaticity. In addition to the classical total aromaticity, which is mainly due to 6s electrons, there is unique beta-aromaticity ascribed to spin-polarized beta 5d electrons pertaining to singly occupied multicenter bonds. Further, we demonstrate the superatomic feature of such a transition metal cluster Pt10-, as Pt6@Pt4-, in mimicking methane.
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- Yuhan Jia
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Hefei 230601, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Hefei 230601, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Liu Q, Hu Y, Cheng L. Catalytic properties of nano-brass clusters: A density functional theory study. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2021.113237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tian Z, Song C. THEORETICAL STUDY ON THE STRUCTURES AND GROWTH MECHANISMS OF Ag-RICH CLUSTERS: Ag(Ag2S)n AND Ag2(Ag2S)n (n = 1–6). J STRUCT CHEM+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022476620100066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Structural and Electronic Properties of Nano-brass: CuxZny (x + y = 11 − 13) Clusters. J CLUST SCI 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10876-019-01698-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Pang X, Guo M, Wang Z, Wang F. Low-lying states of MX 2 (M = Ag, Au; X = Cl, Br and I) with coupled-cluster approaches: effect of the basis set, high level correlation and spin–orbit coupling. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:26178-26188. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04988c] [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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Spin–orbit coupling, electron correlation level and basis set are important in describing Renner–Teller and pseudo-Jahn–Teller effects and properties of MX2.
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- Xingxing Pang
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Key Laboratory of High Energy Density Physics and Technology
- Ministry of Education, Sichuan University
- Chengdu
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Key Laboratory of High Energy Density Physics and Technology
- Ministry of Education, Sichuan University
- Chengdu
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Life Science
- Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Structural Optimization and Application of Functional Molecules
- Chengdu Normal University
- Chengdu
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Key Laboratory of High Energy Density Physics and Technology
- Ministry of Education, Sichuan University
- Chengdu
- P. R. China
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Liu Q, Zhang C, Xu C, Hu S, Cheng L. Prediction of the Au4S crystal via a superatom network model: from clusters to solids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:3921-3926. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp06180k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Prediction of the Au4S crystal on the basis of the structural character of the Au22(μ4-S)(SH)12 cluster.
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- Qiman Liu
- Department of Chemistry
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry
- China Academy of Engineering Physics
- Mianyang 621900
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- P. R. China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials
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Systematic study on the structures and properties of (Ag2S)n (n = 1–8) clusters. J Mol Model 2019; 25:310. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-019-4191-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Liu Q, Xu C, Wu X, Cheng L. Electronic shells of a tubular Au 26 cluster: a cage-cage superatomic molecule based on spherical aromaticity. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:13227-13232. [PMID: 31287479 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr02617g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Gold clusters, which display a variety of unusual geometric structures due to their strong relativistic effects, have attracted much attention. Among them, Au26 has a high-symmetry tubular structure (D6d) with a large HOMO-LUMO energy gap, but its electronic stability still remains unclear. In this paper, the electronic nature of the Au26 cluster is investigated using the density functional theory method. Depending on the super valence bond model, the tubular Au26 cluster with 26 valence electrons could be viewed as a superatomic molecule composed of two open cages based on spherical aromaticity, and its molecule-like electronic shell closure is achieved via a super triple bond (σ, 2π) between the two cages. Based on this new cage-cage superatomic structural model, a series of similar tubular clusters are predicted from the Au26 skeleton. The two capped Au atoms are replaced by Cu, Ag and In atoms, respectively, to form tubular D6d Au24Cu2 and Au24Ag2 (26e) and Au24In2 (30e) clusters, where the super triple bonds also exist. Moreover, tubular D5d Au20In2 (26e) is obtained by replacing hexatomic Au6 rings in the bulk of Au24In2 with pentagonal Au5 rings. Chemical bonding analysis reveals that there is a super quintuple bond (σ, 2π, 2δ) between two open (Au10In) cages, in accordance with the 26e Li20Mg3 superatomic molecule composed of two icosahedral superatoms. Our study proposes the new cage-cage structural model of superatomic molecules based on spherical aromaticity, which extends the range of the super valence bonding pattern and gives inferences for further study of superatomic clusters.
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- Qiman Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, 246011, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P. R. China. and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P. R. China
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Zheng Q, Xu C, Wu X, Cheng L. Evidence for the Superatom-Superatom Bonding from Bond Energies. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:14423-14430. [PMID: 31458128 PMCID: PMC6644579 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Metal clusters with specific number of valence electrons are described as superatoms. Super valence bond (SVB) model points out that superatoms could form the superatomic molecules through SVBs by sharing nucleus and electrons. The existence of superatom-superatom bonding was verified by the shape of their orbitals in former studies. In this paper, another important evidence-bond energy is studied as the criterion for the SVBs using the density functional theory method. In order to get the reliable values of bond energies, the series of Zn-Cu and Mg-Li superatomic molecules composed of two tetrahedral superatoms which do not share their nucleus are designed. Considering the number of the valence electrons in one tetrahedral superatomic unit, (Zn4)2/(Mg4)2, (Zn3Cu)2/(Mg3Li)2, (Zn2Cu2)2/(Mg2Li2)2, and (ZnCu3)2/(MgLi3)2 clusters are 8e-8e, 7e-7e, 6e-6e, and 5e-5e binary superatomic molecules with super nonbond, single bond, double bond, and triple bond, respectively, which are verified by chemical bonding analysis depending on the SVB model. Further calculations reveal that the bond energies increase and the bond lengths decrease along with the bond orders in Zn-Cu and Mg-Li systems which is in accordance with the classical nonbond, single bond, double bond, and triple bond in C-H systems. Thus, these values of bond energies confirm the existence of the SVBs. Moreover, electron localization function analysis is also carried on to describe the similarity between the superatomic bonds and atomic bonds in simple molecules directly. This study reveals the new evidence for the existence of the superatom-superatom bonding depending on the bond energies, which gives the new insight for the further investigation of the superatomic clusters.
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- Qijian Zheng
- Department
of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People’s Republic
of China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People’s Republic
of China
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- AnHui
Province Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic and Magnetism Functional
Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anqing Normal University, Anqing 246011, PR China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People’s Republic
of China
- AnHui
Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid
Functionalized Materials, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P. R. China
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Ma M, Liu L, Zhu H, Lu J, Tan G. Structural evolution and properties of small-size thiol-protected gold nanoclusters. Mol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1457804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Miaomiao Ma
- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Mineral Luminescence Materials and Micro structures of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Mineral Luminescence Materials and Micro structures of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, People’s Republic of China
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Pillegowda M, Periyasamy G. DFT studies on interaction between bimetallic [Au 2 M] clusters and cellobiose. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2018.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Xinying L. Stabilities and interactions of CuRnX and XCuRn (X = F – I): ab initio calculations. Mol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2017.1350293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Li Xinying
- School of Physics and Electronics, Institute for Computational Materials Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, People's Republic of China
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Theoretical investigation on the covalence in AgRnX and XAgRn (X = F - I). J Mol Model 2017; 23:350. [PMID: 29164344 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-017-3524-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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CCSD(T) calculations were performed to investigate the stabilities and interaction mechanisms of the AgRnX and XAgRn (X = F - I) series. Dissociation energies and frontier orbital properties demonstrate an increased trend of stabilities. Ag spd hybrids and Rn/X sp hybrids come into the σAg-Rn and σAg-X bonding orbital. The nature of Ag-Rn, Ag-X and Rn-X interactions were investigated by atoms in molecules (AIM) theory. The negative energy density and positive Laplacian values, as well as small electron densities at bond critical points (BCPs), characterize the moderate strength with partial covalence of interactions. BCP properties (-G/V and G/ρ), electron density deformations and natural resonance theory (NRT) results display increased covalence down the periodic table.
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Xinying L, Junxia C. On the covalence in coinage-metal halides M 3X 3 (M = Cu, Ag and Au, X = F – I). Mol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2017.1303206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Li Xinying
- School of Physics and Electronics, Institute for Computational Materials Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Institute for Computational Materials Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, People's Republic of China
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- Xinying Li
- Institute for Computational Materials Science, School of Physics and Electronics; Henan University; Kaifeng 475004 People's Republic of China
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Liu Y, Tian Z, Cheng L. Size evolution and ligand effects on the structures and stability of (AuL)n (L = Cl, SH, SCH3, PH2, P(CH3)2, n = 1–13) clusters. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra22741k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Size evolution on the global minimum structures of (AuCl)n clusters at n = 1–13.
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- Yao Liu
- Department of Chemistry
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- China
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Tian Z, Cheng L. First principles study on the structural evolution and properties of (MCl) n (n = 1–12, M = Cu, Ag) clusters. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra01258b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Energetic gaps (E − Efit) and second differences of binding energies (Δ2E) for (CuCl)n and (AgCl)n clusters as a function of cluster size, n.
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- Zhimei Tian
- Department of Chemistry
- Anhui University
- Hefei
- China
- School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering
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