A functionalized Ag₂S molecular architecture: facile assembly of the atomically precise ferrocene-decorated nanocluster [Ag₇₄S₁₉(dppp)₆(fc(C{O}OCH₂CH₂S)₂)₁₈]

Yiyi Liu; Bahareh Khalili Najafabadi; Mahmood Azizpoor Fard; John F Corrigan

doi:10.1002/anie.201411944

A functionalized Ag₂S molecular architecture: facile assembly of the atomically precise ferrocene-decorated nanocluster [Ag₇₄S₁₉(dppp)₆(fc(C{O}OCH₂CH₂S)₂)₁₈]

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015 Apr 13;54(16):4832-5. doi: 10.1002/anie.201411944. Epub 2015 Feb 20.

Authors

Yiyi Liu¹, Bahareh Khalili Najafabadi, Mahmood Azizpoor Fard, John F Corrigan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7 (Canada).

PMID: 25703464
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201411944

Abstract

A ferrocene-based dithiol 1,1'-[fc(C{O}OCH2CH2SH)2] has been prepared and treated with a Ag(I) salt to form the stable dithiolate compound [fc(C{O}OCH2CH2SAg)2]n (fc=[Fe(η(5)-C5H4)2]). This is used as a reagent for the preparation of the nanocluster [Ag74S19(dppp)6(fc(C{O}OCH2CH2S)2)18] which was obtained in good yield (dppp=1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane).

Keywords: cluster compounds; iron; metallocenes; silver; structure elucidation.