Atomically precise clusters of noble metals: emerging link between atoms and nanoparticles

I Chakraborty, T Pradeep - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Atomically precise pieces of matter of nanometer dimensions composed of noble metals are
new categories of materials with many unusual properties. Over 100 molecules of this kind …

Structural chemistry of giant metal based supramolecules

AV Virovets, E Peresypkina, M Scheer - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The review presents a bird-eye view on the state of research in the field of giant
nonbiological discrete metal complexes and ions of nanometer size, which are structurally …

Metal carbonyl clusters of groups 8–10: synthesis and catalysis

C Cesari, JH Shon, S Zacchini… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review article, we discuss advances in the chemistry of metal carbonyl clusters
(MCCs) spanning the last three decades, with an emphasis on the more recent reports and …

Platinum carbonyl clusters chemistry: four decades of challenging nanoscience

I Ciabatti, C Femoni, MC Iapalucci, G Longoni… - Journal of Cluster …, 2014 - Springer
The state of art of the chemical, spectroscopic and structural characterization of platinum
carbonyl clusters is reviewed. We begin by enlightening the fundamental contribution given …

Syntheses, Structures, and Electrochemistry of the Defective ccp [Pt33(CO)38]2– and the bcc [Pt40(CO)40]6– Molecular Nanoclusters

E Cattabriga, I Ciabatti, C Femoni, T Funaioli… - Inorganic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The molecular [Pt33 (CO) 38] 2–nanocluster was obtained from the thermal decomposition
of Na2 [Pt15 (CO) 30] in methanol. The reaction of [Pt19 (CO) 22] 4–with acids (1–2 equiv) …

Looking at platinum carbonyl nanoclusters as superatoms

J Wei, R Marchal, D Astruc, S Kahlal, JF Halet… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Although the chemistry of carbonyl-protected platinum nanoclusters is well established, their
bonding mode remains poorly understood. In most of them, the average Pt oxidation state is …

Heteroleptic Chini-Type Platinum Clusters: Synthesis and Characterization of Bis-Phospine Derivatives of [Pt3n(CO)6n]2– (n = 2–4)

C Cesari, I Ciabatti, C Femoni, MC Iapalucci… - Inorganic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The reactions of [Pt3 n (CO) 6 n] 2–(n= 2–4) homoleptic Chini-type clusters with
stoichiometric amounts of Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2 (dppe) result in the heteroleptic Chini-type …

Further insights into platinum carbonyl Chini clusters

B Berti, M Bortoluzzi, A Ceriotti, C Cesari… - Inorganica Chimica …, 2020 - Elsevier
The oxidation of [Ph 3 P (CH 2) 12 PPh 3][Pt 15 (CO) 30] with CF 3 COOH in THF afforded
[Ph 3 P (CH 2) 12 PPh 3][Pt 18 (CO) 36] as a precipitate which was re-crystallized from …

Functionalization, modification, and transformation of platinum Chini clusters

B Berti, C Femoni, MC Iapalucci… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this microreview, the authors summarize the reactions of [Pt3n (CO) 6n] 2–(n= 1–10) Chini
clusters aimed at their functionalization, modification and transformation. The results are …

Reactions of Platinum Carbonyl Chini Clusters with Ag (NHC) Cl Complexes: Formation of Acid–Base Lewis Adducts and Heteroleptic Clusters

M Bortoluzzi, C Cesari, I Ciabatti, C Femoni… - Inorganic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The reactions of anionic platinum carbonyl Chini clusters [Pt3 n (CO) 6 n] 2–[n= 2 (1), 3 (2), 4
(3)] with Ag (IPr) Cl [IPr= C3N2H2 (C6H3iPr2) 2] afford the neutral acid–base Lewis adducts …