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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chakraborty, Papri
• Malola, Sami
• Neumaier, Marco
• Weis, Patrick
• Häkkinen, Hannu
• Kappes, Manfred M.

Titel

Elucidating the Structures of Intermediate Fragments during Stepwise Dissociation of Monolayer‐Protected Silver Clusters

Ist Teil von

• Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 2023-07, Vol.62 (29), p.e202305836-n/a

Auflage

International ed. in English

Ort / Verlag

Germany: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Fragmentation dynamics of ligated coinage metal clusters reflects their structural and bonding properties. So far methodological challenges limited probing structures of the fragments. Herein, we resolve the geometric structures of the primary fragments of [Ag29L12]3−, i.e. [Ag24L9]2−, [Ag19L6]− and [Ag5L3]− (L is 1,3‐benzene dithiolate). For this, we used trapped ion mobility mass spectrometry to determine collision cross sections of the fragments and compared them to structures calculated by density functional theory. We also report that following two sequential [Ag5L3]− elimination steps, further dissociation of [Ag19L6]− also involves a new channel of Ag2 loss and Ag−S and C−S bond cleavages. This reflects a competition between retaining the electronic stability of 8 e− superatom cluster cores and increasing steric strain of ligands and staples. These results are also of potential interest for future soft‐landing deposition studies aimed at probing catalytic behavior of Ag clusters on supports. Trapped ion mobility mass spectrometry, combined with theoretical calculations, is used to resolve the structures of intermediate fragments produced upon dissociation of atomically precise silver clusters in the gas‐phase, which has remained challenging using other methodologies.