Great
attention has been paid to nanoclusters having face-centered-cubic
(fcc) metal kernels, because of the similarity of metal packing to
that of bulk gold. So far, there is no precedent example of an all-alkynyl-protected
fcc gold nanocluster with more than 100 gold atoms. We report the
synthesis and total structure determination of an alkynyl-protected
gold nanocluster [NEt3H]2[Au110(p-CF3C6H4CC)48] (Au
110
). It has an
fcc Au86 kernel with 24 peripheral Au(CCR)2 staples. The Au86 kernel consists of six close
packing layers in the pattern of Au6:Au16:Au21:Au21:Au16:Au6. Electronic
absorption spectroscopy shows Au
110
has a molecular-like discrete electronic structure, and transient
absorption experiments reveal its nonmetallic nature.
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