Photoelectron spectroscopic and computational studies of the Pt@Pb???¹ and Pt@Pb??¹?/²? anions.
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ABSTRACT: A combination of anion photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations has elucidated the geometric and electronic structure of gas-phase endohedral Pt/Pb cage cluster anions. The anions, Pt@Pb???¹ and Pt@Pb??¹? were prepared from "preassembled" clusters generated from crystalline samples of [K(2,2,2-crypt)]?[Pt@Pb??] that were brought into the gas phase using a unique infrared desorption/photoemission anion source. The use of crystalline [K(2,2,2-crypt)]?[Pt@Pb??] also provided access to K[Pt@Pb(n)](-) anions in the gas phase (i.e., the K? salts of the Pt@Pb(n)²? anions). Anion photoelectron spectra of Pt@Pb???¹, Pt@Pb??¹?, and K[Pt@Pb??]¹? are presented. Extensive density functional theory calculations on Pt@Pb??³?/²?/¹?/? and Pt@Pb??²?/¹? provided candidate structures and anion photoelectron spectra for Pt@Pb???¹ and Pt@Pb??¹?. Together, the calculated and measured photoelectron spectra show that Pt@Pb???¹ and Pt@Pb??²?/¹? endohedral complexes maintain their respective D(4d) and slightly distorted I(h) symmetries in the gas phase even for the charge states with open shell character. Aside from the fullerenes, the Pt@Pb??²? endohedral complex is the only bare cluster that has been structurally characterized in the solid state, solution, and the gas phase.
SUBMITTER: Grubisic A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3169158 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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