Issue 43, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Self-assembly of a neutral luminescent Au12 cluster with D2 symmetry†

Qing-Fu Sun,a   Terence Kwok-Ming Lee,b   Pei-Zhou Li,a   Liao-Yuan Yao,a   Jing-Jing Huang,a   Jing Huang,a   Shu-Yan Yu,*a   Yi-Zhi Li,c   Eddie Chung-Chin Chengb  and  Vivian Wing-Wah Yam*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratory for Self-Assembly Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
E-mail: yusy@chem.ruc.edu.cn
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Tel: (+8610) 62516614

b Centre for Carbon-Rich Molecular and Nano-Scale Metal-Based Materials Research, Department of Chemistry and HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
E-mail: wwyam@hku.hk
Fax: (+852) 28571586
Tel: (+852) 28592153

c State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry Institute, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Abstract

The preparation and characterization of luminescent neutral Au12 shuttle-like complexes is reported which shows a cyclic framework consisting of twelve gold(I) ions arranged in a closed ring via non-covalent Au(I)⋯Au(I) interactions to give a chiral D2 symmetrical structure.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembly of a neutral luminescent Au12 cluster with D2 symmetry

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B808646J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 May 2008
Accepted
11 Jul 2008
First published
22 Sep 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 5514-5516

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Self-assembly of a neutral luminescent Au12 cluster with D2 symmetry

Q. Sun, T. K. Lee, P. Li, L. Yao, J. Huang, J. Huang, S. Yu, Y. Li, E. C. Cheng and V. W. Yam, Chem. Commun., 2008, 5514 DOI: 10.1039/B808646J

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