[Cu₁₈H₃(S-Adm)₁₂(PPh₃)₄Cl₂]: fusion of Platonic and Johnson solids through a Cu(0) center and its photophysical properties.

ABSTRACT: Structural elucidation of atom-precise thiolate-protected copper nanoclusters (Cu NCs) containing Cu(0) is quite challenging. Here, we report a new adamantane-thiol-protected NC, [Cu₁₈H₃(S-Adm)₁₂(PPh₃)₄Cl₂] (Cu₁₈), which represents the first observation of a rare mononuclear Cu(0)-containing Cu₁₀H₃Cl₂ core that is constructed via kernel fusion through vertex sharing of the Platonic-solid- and Johnson-solid-geometry-like kernels and hydride-bridging. The unique core is surrounded by a Cu₈S₁₂P₄ metal-ligand motif shell and adopts a butterfly-like structure. In comparison to its closest structural analogue, the predominant effect of the principa

SUBMITTER: Das AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9241973 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature