Trading Templates: Supramolecular Transformations between {CoII13} and {CoII12} Nanoclusters

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J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130 (3), 790 -791, 2008. 10.1021/ja0768183 S0002-7863(07)06818-7
Web Release Date: December 28, 2007

Trading Templates: Supramolecular Transformations between {Co^II₁₃} and {Co^II₁₂} Nanoclusters

Graham N. Newton, Geoffrey J. T. Cooper, Paul Kögerler, De-Liang Long, and Leroy Cronin*

Department of Chemistry, The University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K., and Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany

l.cronin@chem.gla.ac.uk

Received September 9, 2007

Abstract:

"Nuclearity switching" from a {Co₁₃} supercluster to a {Co₁₂} species via the addition of CO₃^2- anions is reported and can be traced in solution using electrospray MS techniques. In addition, cryospray MS can be used to identify the entire cluster in solution despite the relative lability of its constituents.

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