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- Title
Atomically Precise Preorganization of Open Metal Sites on Gold Nanoclusters with High Catalytic Performance.
- Authors
Yuan, Shang‐Fu; Lei, Zhen; Guan, Zong‐Jie; Wang, Quan‐Ming
- Abstract
Gold nanoclusters with surface open sites are crucial for practical applications in catalysis. We have developed a surface geometric mismatch strategy by using mixed ligands of different type of hindrance. When bulky phosphine Ph3P and planar dipyridyl amine (Hdpa) are simultaneously used, steric repulsion between the ligands will reduce the ligand coverage of gold clusters. A well‐defined access granted gold nanocluster [Au23(Ph3P)10(dpa)2Cl](SO3CF3)2 (Au23, dpa=dipyridylamido) has been successfully synthesized. Single crystal structural determination reveals that Au23 has eight uncoordinated gold atoms in the shape of a distorted bicapped triangular prism. The accessibility of the exposed Au atoms has been confirmed quantitatively by luminescent titration with 2‐naphthalenethiol. This cluster has excellent performance toward selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde and demonstrates excellent stability due to the protection of negatively charged multidentate ligand dpa.
- Subjects
GOLD clusters; BENZYL alcohol; METALS; GEOMETRIC surfaces; ALCOHOL oxidation; GOLD nanoparticles
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2021, Vol 133, Issue 10, p5285
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.202012499