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. 2014 Dec 1;20(49):16121-7.
doi: 10.1002/chem.201404763. Epub 2014 Oct 5.

Phosphinothiolates as ligands for polyhydrido copper nanoclusters

Miguel A Huertos  1 , Israel Cano, Nuno A G Bandeira, Jordi Benet-Buchholz, Carles Bo, Piet W N M van Leeuwen
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Phosphinothiolates as ligands for polyhydrido copper nanoclusters

Miguel A Huertos et al. Chemistry. .

Abstract

The reaction of [CuI(HSC6 H4 PPh2 )]2 with NaBH4 in CH2 Cl2 /EtOH led to air- and moisture-stable copper hydride nanoparticles (CuNPs) containing phosphinothiolates as new ligands, one of which was isolated by crystallization. The X-ray crystal structure of [Cu18 H7 L10 I] (L=(-) S(C6 H4 )PPh2 ) shows unprecedented features in its 28-atom framework (18 Cu and 10 S atoms). Seven hydrogen atoms, in hydride form, are needed for charge balance and were located by density functional theory methods. H2 was released from the copper hydride nanoparticles by thermolysis and visible light irradiation.

Keywords: P,S ligands; copper; density functional calculations; hydrides; nanoclusters.

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