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Fig. 7 'Reaction pathway for conversion of Au
38
(PET)
24
to Au
36
(TBBT)
24
. Stage I, ligand
exchange; Stage II, structure distortion; Stage III, disproportionation; Stage IV, size focusing'.
Figure reproduced from [
92
]
Table 1 A comparison of the
types of gold nanoclusters
observed by ESI-MS which
are formed via reduction of
Au salts in the presence of
bisphosphine ligand as a
function of the ligand
L
1
L
2
L
3
L
4
L
5
L
6
Cluster
[Au
5
L
n
4
-H
+
]
2+
a
✓
[Au
6
L
n
3
]
2+
e
b
b
b
✓
✓
✓
✓
[Au
6
L
n
4
]
2+
d, f, g
✓
[Au
8
L
n
4
]
2+
f, g
b
b, g, h
b, i
✓
✓
✓
✓
[Au
9
L
n
4
]
2+
g
✓
[Au
9
L
n
4
]
3+
a
c
✓
✓
[Au
9
L
n
5
]
3+
a
c
✓
✓
[Au
10
L
n
4
]
2+
a
f
b
b, g-h
b, i
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
[Au
10
L
n
5
]
2+
h
i
✓
✓
[Au
11
L
n
5
]
3+
a
c
b, d-g
b
✓
✓
✓
✓
[Au
11
L
n
6
]
3+
a
✓
[Au
12
L
n
6
]
4+
f
✓
[Au
13
L
n
6
]
3+
a
✓
[Au
14
L
n
7
-H
+
]
3+
a
✓
The letters a-i are used to denote the following references:
(a) [
113
], (b) [
114
], (c) [
58
], (d) [
115
], (e) [
116
], (f) [
117
-
139
],
(g) [
140
], (h) [
141
] and (i) [
142
]. A
✓
indicates that the ion was
observed (reported). A blank box indicates that the ion was not
observed (not reported). L
n
denotes the bisphosphine ligands,
Ph
2
P-(CH
2
)
n
-PPh
2
, where
n
¼
1-6. Table reproduced from [
113
]
