- Facile synthesis of the tridecameric Al13 nanocluster Al13(mu3-OH)6(mu2-OH)18(H2O)24(NO3)15.
Facile synthesis of the tridecameric Al13 nanocluster Al13(mu3-OH)6(mu2-OH)18(H2O)24(NO3)15.
Inorganic chemistry (2008-01-18)
Jason T Gatlin, Zachary L Mensinger, Lev N Zakharov, David Macinnes, Darren W Johnson
PMID18198827
ABSTRACT
Treatment of aluminum nitrate with an organic nitroso-containing compound yields the "flat", tridecameric nanocluster Al 13(mu 3-OH) 6(mu 2-OH) 18(H 2O) 24(NO 3) 15 ( Al 13 ) in good yield on a preparative scale under ambient conditions. Synthetic procedures yielding two different single-crystal forms of the Al 13 cation with two varying counterion compositions are described.