Competition between cluster fragmentation, C-C bond coupling and C-X bond activation in silver hexynyl cluster cations, [(C(4)H(9)CCAg)(n)Ag](+). Size does matter!
Silver hexynyl cluster cations, [(C(4)H(9)CCAg)(n)Ag](+), exhibit a rich unimolecular chemistry that is dependant on the cluster size, n (1-5), cluster fragmentation (for all n > 1); C-C bond coupling (n = 3 & 4); C-H bond activation with comcomitant silver hydride formation (n = 1 & 4); C-C bond activation (n = 1 & 4).
Wang
Farrah Qiuyun
FQ
School of Chemistry and Bio21 Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
Khairallah
George N
GN
Koutsantonis
George A
GA
Williams
Craig M
CM
Callahan
Damien L
DL
O'Hair
Richard A J
RA