title: Ligand dependence of the synthetic approach and chiroptical properties of a magic cluster protected with a bicyclic chiral thiolate.
abstract: Chiral gold clusters stabilised by enantiopure thiolates were prepared, size-selected and characterised by circular dichroism and mass spectrometry. The product distribution is found to be ligand dependent. Au(25) clusters protected with camphorthiol show clear resemblance of their chiroptical properties with their glutathionate analogue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knoppe
authors.forename: Nuwan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kothalawala
authors.forename: Vijay Reddy
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Jupally
authors.forename: Amala
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dass
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bürgi