Issue 47, 2019

Monitoring the growth of Ag–S clusters through crystallization of intermediate clusters

Abstract

We report a series of Ag–S nanoscale clusters in an attempt to understand the growth process of Ag2S clusters. UV-vis monitoring and crystallization at different stages of the reaction map out the cluster growth steps from Ag31S3(StBu)17(tfa)8(MeCN)4 (tfa = trifluoroacetate), to Ag45S7(StBu)24(tfa)7 to [Ag62S13(StBu)32(tfa)2](tfa)2, showing sequential eye-catching color changes. The cluster growth is associated with the in situ generation of S2−, which comes from the C–S bond cleavage of tert-butyl thiolate.

Graphical abstract: Monitoring the growth of Ag–S clusters through crystallization of intermediate clusters

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 May 2019
Accepted
14 May 2019
First published
14 May 2019

Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 6771-6774

Monitoring the growth of Ag–S clusters through crystallization of intermediate clusters

Z. Nan, Y. Xiao, X. Liu, T. Wang, X. Cheng, Y. Yang, Z. Lei and Q. Wang, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 6771 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC03533H

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