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Copper, Silver, and Gold Clusters: A Synthetic and Structural Investigation
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Davis, Harrison Olivia
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Year and Degree
2019, BS, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Abstract
Group 11 metal (Cu, Ag and Au) amides have proven to have numerous applications in chemistry, some of which are in the areas of nanocrystal synthesis, atomic layer deposition and electronics.[1] Of particular interest is the apparent philicity that the metal centers have to one another. Such interactions lead to otherwise inexplicably short metal-metal distances and interesting molecular geometries.[2] The isolation of five novel metal amido complexes (1 – 5) is described herein. Complexes 1 and 2 were found to exist in the solid-state as planar tetranuclear Cu clusters with alternating dimethylamido (1) or benzamidinate (2) and bis(trimethylsilyl)amido ligands. Complexes 3, 4 and 5 were synthesized using the lithium silylamide generated via the addition of n-butyl lithium to a solution of 1,3-diphenyl-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisilazane. The lithium amide was subsequently reacted with the corresponding metal (Cu (3), Ag (4) and Au(5)) salt to yield air and light sensitive tetranuclear complexes. Complex 3 was found to contain alternating bis(dimethylphenylsilyl)amide and 1,1-diethyl-3,3-dimethylguanidinate ligands. All five complexes were isolated through evaporation to produce colorless crystals. The compounds were fully characterized using single crystal x-ray diffraction, FT-IR, 1H and 13C NMR. The use of these complexes as precursors for nanocrystals was also investigated. [1] McCain, M. N.; Schneider, S.; Salata, M. R.; Marks, T. J. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 2534-2542. [2] Tsipis, A. C.; Tsipis, C. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 1136-1137.
Committee
Scott Bunge (Advisor)
Alexander Seed (Committee Member)
Songping Huang (Committee Member)
Bjorn Lussem (Committee Member)
Pages
55 p.
Subject Headings
Chemistry
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Inorganic Chemistry
Keywords
gold, nanocrystals, materials science, inorganic chemistry, crystallography, silver, copper, complexes
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Davis, H. O. (2019).
Copper, Silver, and Gold Clusters: A Synthetic and Structural Investigation
[Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1557352298361181
APA Style (7th edition)
Davis, Harrison.
Copper, Silver, and Gold Clusters: A Synthetic and Structural Investigation.
2019. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1557352298361181.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Davis, Harrison. "Copper, Silver, and Gold Clusters: A Synthetic and Structural Investigation." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1557352298361181
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