Water-soluble pentagonal-prismatic titanium-oxo clusters

Zhang, G., Liu, C., Long, D.-L. , Cronin, L. , Tung, C.-H. and Wang, Y. (2016) Water-soluble pentagonal-prismatic titanium-oxo clusters. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(35), pp. 11097-11100. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b06290) (PMID:27525444)

Abstract

By using solubility control to crystallize the prenucleation clusters of hydrosol, a family of titanium-oxo clusters possessing the {Ti18O27} core in which the 18 Ti(IV)-ions are uniquely connected with μ-oxo ligands into a triple-decked pentagonal prism was obtained. The cluster cores are wrapped by external sulfate and aqua ligands, showing good solubilities and stabilities in a variety of solvents including acetonitrile and water and allowing their solution chemistry being studied by means of electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy, 17O NMR, and vibrational spectroscopy. Furthermore, this study provides new titanium oxide candidates for surface modifications and homogeneous photocatalysis.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Long, Dr Deliang and Cronin, Professor Lee
• Authors: Zhang, G., Liu, C., Long, D.-L., Cronin, L., Tung, C.-H., and Wang, Y.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Chemistry
• Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society
• Publisher: American Chemical Society
• ISSN: 0002-7863
• ISSN (Online): 1520-5126
• Published Online: 15 August 2016

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
57190	1	International Collaboration in Chemistry - Modular microtubular architectures for photo-driven water splitting	Leroy Cronin	Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)	EP/J00135X/1	CHEM - CHEMISTRY