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Solvent-driven reversible transformation between electrically neutral thiolate protected Ag25 and Ag26 clusters

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Two atom-precise silver nanoclusters [Ag25Cl2(Tab)14(PhCOO)11(DMF)4](PF6)12 (Ag25, DMF=N,N-dimethylformamide) and [Ag26Cl2(Tab)14(PhCOO)13(DMAc)4](PF6)11(Ag26, DMAc=N,N-dimethylacetamide) were synthesized based on the electrically neutral thiolate protective ligand, 4-(trimethylammonio)benzenethiolate (Tab). The weak Ag-S interaction in Tab-protected silver nanoclusters allows to insert or leave a single silver atom in the Ag-S skeleton through solvent-trigger core fragmentation and re-arrangement, thereby realizing the reversible conversion of Ag25 and Ag26 for the first time.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21871196, 21773163, 21531006), the State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry of Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (KF2021005), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, and the Project of Scientific and Technologic Infrastructure of Suzhou (SZS201905).

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    Yu-Ling Tan, Ling Yang, Hong Yu, Xin-Yao Wang, Zheng Niu & Jian-Ping Lang

  2. State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China

    Yu-Ling Tan & Jian-Ping Lang

  3. School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China

    Tian-Chen Yu & Ying-Lin Song

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Tan, YL., Yang, L., Yu, TC. et al. Solvent-driven reversible transformation between electrically neutral thiolate protected Ag25 and Ag26 clusters. Sci. China Chem. 64, 948–952 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-020-9952-x

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