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Controlled Synthesis of Diphosphine-Protected Gold Cluster Cations Using Magnetron Sputtering Method.

ABSTRACT: We demonstrated, for the first time, atomically precise synthesis of gold cluster cations by magnetron sputtering of a gold target onto a polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution of 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane (Ph2PCH2CH2CH2PPh2, dppp). UV-vis absorption spectroscopy and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry revealed the formation of cationic species, such as [Au(dppp)n]+ (n = 1, 2), [Au2(dppp)n]2+ (n = 3, 4), [Au6(dppp)n]2+ (n = 3, 4), and [Au11(dppp)5]3+. The formation of [Au(dppp)2]+ was ascribed to ionization of Au(dppp)2 by the reaction with PEG, based on its low ionization energy, theoretically predicted, mass spectrometric detection of deprotonated anions of PEG. We proposed that [Au(dppp)2]+ cations thus formed are involved as key components in the formation of the cluster cations.

SUBMITTER: Wang L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8879177 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

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Controlled Synthesis of Diphosphine-Protected Gold Cluster Cations Using Magnetron Sputtering Method.

Wang Lewei L Omoda Tsubasa T Koyasu Kiichirou K Tsukuda Tatsuya T

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20220216 4

We demonstrated, for the first time, atomically precise synthesis of gold cluster cations by magnetron sputtering of a gold target onto a polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution of 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane (Ph2PCH2CH2CH2PPh2, dppp). UV-vis absorption spectroscopy and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry revealed the formation of cationic species, such as [Au(dppp)n]+ (n = 1, 2), [Au2(dp ...[more]

PMID: 35209117

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