PMID- 38305474
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240229
IS  - 2040-3372 (Electronic)
IS  - 2040-3364 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 9
DP  - 2024 Feb 29
TI  - A homologous series of macrocyclic Ni clusters: synthesis, structures, and 
      catalytic properties.
PG  - 4563-4570
LID - 10.1039/d3nr06015b [doi]
AB  - Due to their intriguing ring structures and promising applications, 
      nickel-thiolate clusters, such as [Ni(n)(SR)(2n)] (n = 4-6), have attracted 
      tremendous interest. However, investigation of the synthesis, structures, and 
      properties of macrocyclic Ni(n) clusters (n > 8) has been seriously impeded. In 
      this work, a homologous series of macrocyclic nickel clusters, Ni(n)(4MPT)(2n) (n 
      = 9-12), was fabricated by using 4-methylphenthiophenol (4MPT) as the ligand. The 
      structures and compositions of the clusters were determined by single-crystal 
      X-ray diffraction (SXRD) in combination with electrospray ionization mass 
      spectrometry (ESI-MS). Experimental results and theoretical calculations show 
      that the electronic structures of the clusters do not change significantly with 
      the increase of Ni atoms. The coordination interactions between Ni and S atoms in 
      [NiS(4)] subunits are proved to play a crucial rule in the remarkable stability 
      of Ni clusters. Finally, these clusters display excellent catalytic activity 
      towards the reduction of p-nitrophenol, and a linear correlation between 
      catalytic activity and ring size was revealed. The study provides a facile 
      approach to macrocyclic homoleptic nickel clusters, and contributes to an 
      in-depth understanding of the structure-property correlations of nickel clusters 
      at the atomic level.
FAU - Xiang, Huixin
AU  - Xiang H
AD  - Strait Institute of Flexible Electronics, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 
      350117, China. ifechhyao@fjnu.edu.cn.
AD  - Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 
      Xi'an 710072, China.
FAU - Cheng, Ranran
AU  - Cheng R
AD  - Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 
      Xi'an 710072, China.
FAU - Ruan, Chenhao
AU  - Ruan C
AD  - Strait Institute of Flexible Electronics, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 
      350117, China. ifechhyao@fjnu.edu.cn.
AD  - Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 
      Xi'an 710072, China.
FAU - Meng, Changqing
AU  - Meng C
AD  - Strait Institute of Flexible Electronics, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 
      350117, China. ifechhyao@fjnu.edu.cn.
AD  - Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 
      Xi'an 710072, China.
FAU - Gan, Yuzheng
AU  - Gan Y
AD  - Strait Institute of Flexible Electronics, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 
      350117, China. ifechhyao@fjnu.edu.cn.
AD  - Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 
      Xi'an 710072, China.
FAU - Cheng, Wanyu
AU  - Cheng W
AD  - Strait Institute of Flexible Electronics, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 
      350117, China. ifechhyao@fjnu.edu.cn.
FAU - Zhao, Yue
AU  - Zhao Y
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6094-4087
AD  - Coordination Chemistry Institute, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, 
      School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, 
      China.
FAU - Xu, Cong-Qiao
AU  - Xu CQ
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4593-3288
AD  - Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 
      518055, China. xucq@sustech.edu.cn.
FAU - Li, Jun
AU  - Li J
AD  - Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 
      518055, China. xucq@sustech.edu.cn.
AD  - Department of Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare-Earth 
      Materials of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 10084, China.
FAU - Yao, Chuanhao
AU  - Yao C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6858-6560
AD  - Strait Institute of Flexible Electronics, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 
      350117, China. ifechhyao@fjnu.edu.cn.
AD  - Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 
      Xi'an 710072, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240229
PL  - England
TA  - Nanoscale
JT  - Nanoscale
JID - 101525249
SB  - IM
EDAT- 2024/02/02 12:43
MHDA- 2024/02/02 12:44
CRDT- 2024/02/02 09:33
PHST- 2024/02/02 12:44 [medline]
PHST- 2024/02/02 12:43 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/02/02 09:33 [entrez]
AID - 10.1039/d3nr06015b [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Nanoscale. 2024 Feb 29;16(9):4563-4570. doi: 10.1039/d3nr06015b.