On the structure of thiolate-protected Au25

Jaakko Akola; Michael Walter; Robert L. Whetten; Hannu Häkkinen; Henrik Grönbeck

doi:10.1021/ja800594p

On the structure of thiolate-protected Au₂₅

Jaakko Akola, Michael Walter, Robert L. Whetten, Hannu Häkkinen, Henrik Grönbeck

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Abstract

Density functional theory is used to explore the structure of Au₂₅(RS)₁₈. The preferred structure consists of an icosahedral Au₁₃ core protected by 6 RS-Au-RS-Au-RS units. The enhanced stability of the structure as an anion is found to originate from closure of an eight-electron shell for delocalized Au(6s) electrons. The evaluated XRD pattern and optical spectra are in good agreement with experimental data.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3756-3757
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	130
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ja800594p
State	Published - Mar 26 2008
Externally published	Yes

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General Chemistry
Biochemistry
Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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