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Ag-44(SR)(30)(4-): a silver-thiolate superatom complex

Francesco Stellacci, Kellen Michael Harkness
2012
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Intensely and broadly absorbing nanoparticles (IBANs) of silver protected by arylthiolates were recently synthesized and showed unique optical properties, yet question of their dispersity and their molecular formulas remained. Here IBANs are identified as a superatom complex with a molecular formula of Ag-44(SR)(30)(4-) and an electron count of 18. This molecular character is shared by IBANs protected by 4-fluorothiophenol or 2-naphthalenethiol. The molecular formula and purity is determined by mass spectrometry and confirmed by sedimentation velocity-analytical ultracentrifugation. The data also give preliminary indications of a unique structure and environment for Ag-44(SR)(30)(4-).

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Francesco Stellacci, Kellen Michael Harkness
2012
Journal Articles

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/593a6600-947e-4e96-9c49-a1a17df18ea8

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Formule de Lewis

En chimie, une structure de Lewis est une représentation en deux dimensions de la structure électronique externe des atomes composant une molécule. Inventée par Gilbert Lewis, elle se base sur la topologie de la molécule (connexion entre les atomes par des liaisons covalentes). Elle concerne les atomes du groupe principal. La structure de Lewis consiste à définir la localisation des électrons sur ou entre les atomes de la molécule. Seuls les électrons de valence sont considérés.

Electron counting

In chemistry, electron counting is a formalism for assigning a number of valence electrons to individual atoms in a molecule. It is used for classifying compounds and for explaining or predicting their electronic structure and bonding. Many rules in chemistry rely on electron-counting: Octet rule is used with Lewis structures for main group elements, especially the lighter ones such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, 18-electron rule in inorganic chemistry and organometallic chemistry of transition metals, Hückel's rule for the π-electrons of aromatic compounds, Polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory for polyhedral cluster compounds, including transition metals and main group elements and mixtures thereof, such as boranes.

D electron count

The d electron count or number of d electrons is a chemistry formalism used to describe the electron configuration of the valence electrons of a transition metal center in a coordination complex. The d electron count is an effective way to understand the geometry and reactivity of transition metal complexes. The formalism has been incorporated into the two major models used to describe coordination complexes; crystal field theory and ligand field theory, which is a more advanced version based on molecular orbital theory.

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