화학공학소재연구정보센터
Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.53, No.13, 6500-6502, 2014
Structural Basis for Ligand Exchange on Au-25(SR)(18)
The single-crystal X-ray structure of Au-25(SC2H4Ph)(16)(pBBT)(2) is presented. The crystallized compound resulted from ligand exchange of Au-25(SC2H4Ph)(18) with pBBT as the incoming Nand, and for the first time, ligand exchange is structurally resolved on the widely studied Au-25(SR)(18) compound. A single ligand in the asymmetric unit is observed to exchange, corresponding to two ligands in the molecule because of the crystallographic symmetry. The ligand-exchanged Au-25 is bonded to the most solvent-exposed Au atom in the structure, making the exchange event consistent with an associative mechanism. The apparent nonexchange of other ligands is rationalized through possible selective crystallization of the observed product and differential bond lengths.