Nanoscale molecular silver cluster compounds in gram quantities

Andreas Schnepf; Hansgeorg Schnöckel

doi:10.1002/anie.201310158

Nanoscale molecular silver cluster compounds in gram quantities

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2014 Mar 17;53(12):3064-6. doi: 10.1002/anie.201310158. Epub 2014 Feb 12.

Authors

Andreas Schnepf¹, Hansgeorg Schnöckel

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen (Germany). andreas.schnepf@uni-tuebingen.de.

PMID: 24519816
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201310158

Abstract

All that's nano is not gold: Definite, crystalline molecular compounds of noble metals have been known for gold for the last few years. Now a simple synthesis of a nanoscale silver cluster compound containing [Ag44 (S-C6 H4 COOH)30 ](4-) ions has been found leading to gram scales quantities. Synthetic, structural, and bonding aspects of this novel compound are discussed in the context of metalloid clusters in general.

Keywords: cluster compounds; gold; nanoparticles; silver; silver sulfide.