Ligand-passivated Au/Cu nanoclusters with uncoordinated sites give reaction turnover numbers of up to 4 × 104

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10,5745-5751
DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01035J, Research Article
Lu Dong, Linke Yu, Xueli Sun, Xiongkai Tang, Xuexin You, Jiaqi Tang, Zi-Ang Nan, Dongxu Cao, Yanyuan Jia, Simin Li, Fengyu Li, Shuo Guo, Hui Shen
A robust nanocluster of Au41Cu33(RS)40(MeCN) (RSH is 4-fluorothiophenol) has been obtained. Rich uncoordinated copper sites on the surface lead to its extremely high catalytic activity (up to 39 269 TON) in C–O coupling reactions.
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