Nuclearity expansion in Pd clusters triggered by the migration of a phenyl group in cyclooligosilanes

Kento Shimamoto; Yusuke Sunada

doi:10.1039/d1cc02682h

Nuclearity expansion in Pd clusters triggered by the migration of a phenyl group in cyclooligosilanes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Aug 3;57(62):7649-7652. doi: 10.1039/d1cc02682h.

Authors

Kento Shimamoto¹, Yusuke Sunada²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
² Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan and Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan and JST PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.

PMID: 34254083
DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02682h

Abstract

Heptanuclear palladium clusters with six palladium atoms in a planar arrangement were obtained from the reaction of [Pd(CNtBu)2]3 with Ph-substituted cyclotetrasilane or cyclopentasilane via the migration of a phenyl group. The molecular structures of these clusters as well as those of two possible intermediates were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses.