title: Facile synthesis of the tridecameric Al13 nanocluster Al13(mu3-OH)6(mu2-OH)18(H2O)24(NO3)15.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253, USA.
authors.forename: Jason T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Gatlin
authors.forename: Zachary L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Mensinger
authors.forename: Lev N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Zakharov
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Macinnes
authors.forename: Darren W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008956:Models, Chemical; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D009566:Nitrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D009603:Nitroso Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D009566:Nitrates; D009603:Nitroso Compounds; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011108:Polymers; C077423:hydroxy-aluminum polymer; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide; C050609:aluminum nitrate