Facile synthesis of the tridecameric Al13 nanocluster Al13(mu3-OH)6(mu2-OH)18(H2O)24(NO3)15

Jason T Gatlin; Zachary L Mensinger; Lev N Zakharov; David Macinnes; Darren W Johnson

doi:10.1021/ic7020808

Facile synthesis of the tridecameric Al13 nanocluster Al13(mu3-OH)6(mu2-OH)18(H2O)24(NO3)15

Inorg Chem. 2008 Feb 18;47(4):1267-9. doi: 10.1021/ic7020808. Epub 2008 Jan 17.

Authors

Jason T Gatlin¹, Zachary L Mensinger, Lev N Zakharov, David Macinnes, Darren W Johnson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253, USA.

PMID: 18198827
DOI: 10.1021/ic7020808

Abstract

Treatment of aluminum nitrate with an organic nitroso-containing compound yields the "flat", tridecameric nanocluster Al 13(mu 3-OH) 6(mu 2-OH) 18(H 2O) 24(NO 3) 15 ( Al 13 ) in good yield on a preparative scale under ambient conditions. Synthetic procedures yielding two different single-crystal forms of the Al 13 cation with two varying counterion compositions are described.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Aluminum Compounds / chemistry*
Aluminum Hydroxide / chemistry*
Crystallography, X-Ray
Models, Chemical
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Nitrates / chemistry*
Nitroso Compounds / chemistry*
Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis*
Polymers / chemistry*

Substances

Aluminum Compounds
Nitrates
Nitroso Compounds
Organometallic Compounds
Polymers
hydroxy-aluminum polymer
Aluminum Hydroxide
aluminum nitrate