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Synthesis, Structure and Gas‐Phase Reactivity of a Silver Hydride Complex [Ag 3 {(PPh 2 ) 2 CH 2 } 3 (μ 3 ‐H)(μ 3 ‐Cl)]BF 4
Author(s) -
Zavras Athanasios,
Khairallah George N.,
Connell Timothy U.,
White Jonathan M.,
Edwards Alison J.,
Donnelly Paul S.,
O'Hair Richard A. J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201302436
Subject(s) - chemistry , hydride , sodium borohydride , reactivity (psychology) , borohydride , nanoclusters , inorganic chemistry , carbene , ligand (biochemistry) , reagent , cluster (spacecraft) , sodium hydride , metal , crystallography , catalysis , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , biochemistry , receptor , computer science , programming language
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 [Ag 3 {(Ph 2 P) 2 CH 2 } 3 (μ 3 ‐H)(μ 3 ‐Cl)]BF 4 ⋅0.5 CHCl 3 .