Affiliation:
1. Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Abstract
We achieve a dicarbanion-centered Au4 cluster and three assembled Au11 (net-like), Au28 (dumbbell-like), Au14 (closed) clusters. Spectral monitoring, kinetic and theoretical investigations reveal four structure-dependent distinct catalytic pathways.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)