title: Chiral Dodecanuclear Palladium(II) Thio Cluster: Synthesis, Structure, and Formation Mechanism Explored by ESI-MS and DFT Calculations.
abstract: The chiral dodecanuclear palladium(II) thio cluster LaPd12(C3H5NO2S)3(C3H6NO2S)21 (1) was prepared by reacting l-cysteine (l-Cys) with PdCl2 and La2O3 in aqueous solution under carefully controlled conditions. Compound 1 was structurally characterized by single-crystal XRD, TGA, IR, UV-vis, (13)C NMR, and CD spectroscopy. Insight into the dimerization process of 1 was obtained by ESI-MS and DFT calculations.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, School of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology , 100081 Beijing, P. R China.|Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Jacobs University , Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany.
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, School of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology , 100081 Beijing, P. R China.
authors.forename: Lin-Yuan
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authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University , Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Aleksandar
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authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University , Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University , Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany.
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, School of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology , 100081 Beijing, P. R China.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Jacobs University , Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany.
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, School of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology , 100081 Beijing, P. R China.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Jacobs University , Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany.
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, School of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology , 100081 Beijing, P. R China.
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