title: High-nuclearity silver clusters templated by carbonates generated from atmospheric carbon dioxide fixation.
abstract: Two high-nuclearity silver clusters have been prepared by reacting AgC(2)Bu(t) with AgBF(4) (or AgOTf) in the presence of TMEDA in air. The reaction takes up atmospheric CO(2) to give CO(3)(2-), which functions as a template for the formation of the cage compounds, whose nuclearities depend on the particular counteranions employed.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen, 361005, PR China.
authors.forename: Shu-Dan
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Bian
authors.forename: Jian-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Quan-Ming
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Wang