Citation: Jun-Ling JIN, Yang-Lin SHEN, Li-Wei MI, Yun-Peng XIE, Xing LU. Anion-templated Self-assembly for the Preparation of Silver-t-butylthiolate Clusters[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, ;2022, 41(3): 220310. doi: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254-5861.2011-3357 shu

Anion-templated Self-assembly for the Preparation of Silver-t-butylthiolate Clusters

Jun-Ling JIN ^a ,
Yang-Lin SHEN ^b ,
Li-Wei MI ^a,, ,
Yun-Peng XIE ^c,, ,
Xing LU ^c,,

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Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450007, China
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College of Materials Engineering, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Rare Earth Composite Materials, Henan University of Engineering, Zhengzhou 451191, China
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State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

Corresponding author: Li-Wei MI, liwei_Mi@zut.edu.cn Yun-Peng XIE, xieyp@hust.edu.cn Xing LU, lux@hust.edu.cn
Received Date: 7 September 2021
Accepted Date: 26 December 2021

Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21771071the National Natural Science Foundation of China 22171094the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21925104the Key Scientific Research Projects of Universities in Henan Province 21A150060

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Silver thiolate polymers are intercepted to form different structural fragments when reacting with variant solubilizing reagents, which usually serve as the starting point for the preparation of clusters. However, such a process is still far from clear. Herein, we report the controlled synthesis of silver-t-butylthiolate clusters from reactions of polymeric [Ag^tBuS]_n and suitable templates in the presence of solubilizing reagents to offer a detailed look at the mechanism of cluster's formation. As the provided solubilizing reagents have weak coordination ability, such as O- or N-donating ligands, the obtained polymeric compound retains the linear structure pattern that S and Ag atoms are arranged alternately. When extra templates NO₃^– and CO₃^2– are applied, the disk-like clusters Ag₁₉ and Ag₂₀ are constructed with the same [Ag^tBuS]₅ circles that may directly cyclize from the linear [Ag^tBuS]_n fragments. In contrast, (EtO)₂PS₂^– and (ⁱPrO)₂PS₂^– anions have large size and strong coordination ability rendering the structure of the polymer completely fragmented. Thus extremely short [Ag^tBuS]_n pieces with silver ions and solubilizing ligands assemble around the templates V₂O₇^4– and W₂O₉^4–, leading to the formation of clusters Ag₂₂ and Ag₂₄.
- silver cluster,
- X-ray crystal structure,
- silver thiolate polymer,
- self-assembly
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