Correlating the magic numbers of inorganic nanomolecular assemblies with a {Pd84} molecular-ring Rosetta Stone.

ABSTRACT: Molecular self-assembly has often been suggested as the ultimate route for the bottom-up construction of building blocks atom-by-atom for functional nanotechnology, yet structural design or prediction of nanomolecular assemblies is still far from reach. Whereas nature uses complex machinery such as the ribosome, chemists use painstakingly engineered step-by-step approaches to build complex molecules but the size and complexity of such molecules, not to mention the accessible yields, can be limited. Herein we present the discovery of a palladium oxometalate {Pd(84)}-ring cluster 3.3 nm in diameter; [Pd(84)O(42)(OAc)(28)(PO(4))(42)](70-) ({Pd(84)} ≡ {Pd(12)}(7)) that is formed in water just by mixing two reagents at room temperature, giving crystals of the compound in just a few days. The st

SUBMITTER: Xu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3406854 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature