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Investigating the Thermolysis Products of [Cd10Se4(SePh)12(PnPr3)4] – The New Cluster Ion [Cd17Se4(SePh)28]2−

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Analytical studies on the thermolysis products from [Cd10Se4(SePh)12(PnPr3)4] are reported leading to the identification of the doubly negatively charged species [Cd17Se4(SePh)28]2−. Electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI FT-ICR MS) has been successfully applied to analyse the composition of a polycrystalline precipitate after treatment with SePh− in tetrahydrofuran (THF). Presumably, SePh− reacts with the insoluble (polymeric) cluster product as a charging ligand leading to dissolved monomeric units of the cluster anion [Cd17Se4(SePh)28]2−. This cluster anion could also be crystallized from solutions as [Na(thf)218-crown-6][Cd17Se4(SePh)28] and [Na(dme)3]2[Cd17Se4(SePh)28]. The experimental results promise a wider applicability of the charged ligand exchange method for the electrospray mass spectrometric characterization of neutral clusters and to obtain intensive monodisperse cluster ion beams for further gas-phase studies.

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This work was supported by the Deutsch-Israelisches Programm (DIP) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (centre for functional nanostructures CFN). The authors are grateful to Prof. Dr. D. Fenske and Prof. M. M. Kappes for many helpful discussions and E. Tröster for her assistance in the practical work.

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Dedicated to Prof. Dieter Fenske on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

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Eichhöfer, A., Hampe, O. Investigating the Thermolysis Products of [Cd10Se4(SePh)12(PnPr3)4] – The New Cluster Ion [Cd17Se4(SePh)28]2− . J Clust Sci 18, 494–504 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-007-0121-1

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