期刊
JACS AU
卷 2, 期 11, 页码 2627-2634出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00519
关键词
superatomic molecules; supervalence bond (SVB) model; bi-icosahedral core; fusion-mediated synthesis; single-crystal X-ray diffraction; anion photoelectron spectroscopy; density functional theory calculation
资金
- JST, CREST [JPMJCR20B2]
- JSPS KAKENHI [JP20H00370, JP21J20631]
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) , Japan [JPMXP09S20MS1047]
The validity of the supervalence bond model in the Au23 core was verified through experimental validation, and [M1Au37(PET)24]- (M = Pd and Pt) with the same electronic and structure as Au38(PET)24 were successfully synthesized. Anion photoelectron spectroscopy confirmed the predictions of the supervalence bond model.
Au38(PET)24 (PET = SC2H4Ph) is known to have a bi-icosahedral Au23 core consisting of two Au13 icosahedrons by sharing three Au atoms. Previous theoretical studies based on a supervalence bond (SVB) model have demonstrated that the bonding scheme in the Au23 core is similar to that in the F2 molecule. The SVB model predicted that the electron configuration of the Au23 core with 14 valence electrons is expressed as (1 Sigma)2(1 Sigma*)2(1 Pi)4(2 Sigma)2(1 Pi*)4 where each orbital is created by the bonding and antibonding interactions between the 1S and 1P superatomic orbitals of the icosahedral Au13 units. Therefore, the bi-icosahedral Au23 can be viewed as a di-superatomic molecule. To validate the SVB model, we herein conducted anion photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) on [M1Au37(PET)24]- (M = Pd and Pt), which are isoelectronic and isostructural with Au38(PET)24. To this end, the neutral precursors [M1Au37(PET)24]0 were first synthesized by fusion reactions between hydride-doped clusters [HAu9(PPh3)8]2+ and [M1Au24(PET)18]-. The formation of bi-icosahedral M1Au22 cores with open electronic structure in [M1Au37(PET)24]0 was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and electron paramagnetic resonance measurement. Then, the target anions [M1Au37(PET)24]- were obtained by reducing [M1Au37(PET)24]0 with NaBH4, and isoelectronicity with [Au38(PET)24]0 was confirmed by optical spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. Finally, anion PES on [M1Au37(PET)24]- observed two distinctive peaks as predicted by the SVB model: one from the nearly degenerate 1 Pi* orbitals and the other from the nearly degenarate 1 Pi and 2 Sigma orbitals.
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