Synthesis, structure and gas-phase reactivity of a silver hydride complex [Ag3{(PPh2)2CH2}3(μ 3-H)(μ3-Cl)]BF4

A Zavras; GN Khairallah; TU Connell; JM White; AJ Edwards; PS Donnelly; RAJ O'Hair

Journal article

Synthesis, structure and gas-phase reactivity of a silver hydride complex [Ag3{(PPh2)2CH2}3(μ 3-H)(μ3-Cl)]BF4

A Zavras, GN Khairallah, TU Connell, JM White, AJ Edwards, PS Donnelly, RAJ O'Hair

Angewandte Chemie International Edition | WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201302436

Abstract

Mass spectrometry shows the way! MS analysis of silver salts treated with sodium borohydride in the presence of a bis(phosphino) ligand revealed the formation of novel silver hydride nanocluster cations instead of all silver nanocluster cations. This serendipitous discovery prompted the condensed-phase synthesis, isolation, and characterization of [Ag3{(Ph 2P)2CH2}3(μ3-H) (μ3-Cl)]BF4×0.5 CHCl3. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank the Australian Research Council for financial support and Prof. Paul Mulvaney for his ongoing support and interest in this nanocluster work. We acknowledge Director's discretionary approval of proposal 3019 for access to neutron beam time at OPAL.