Design and Synthesis of Al7Ni2 Heterometallic Clusters Based on Metal Substitution and Ligands Protection Strategies†
Ya-Jie Liu
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
† Dedicated to the Special Issue of Emerging Investigators in 2022.
‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorLi-Min Cui
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
† Dedicated to the Special Issue of Emerging Investigators in 2022.
‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Wei-Hui Fang
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002 China
E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorJian Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002 China
Search for more papers by this authorYa-Jie Liu
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
† Dedicated to the Special Issue of Emerging Investigators in 2022.
‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorLi-Min Cui
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
† Dedicated to the Special Issue of Emerging Investigators in 2022.
‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Wei-Hui Fang
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002 China
E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorJian Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002 China
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The synthesis of heterometallic aluminum-based materials is challenging yet attractive, due to their potential applications in optics, catalysis, magnetism and semiconductor device. We have now successfully synthesized two Al7Ni2 heterometallic clusters bearing different peripheral alkoxide ligands through a heterometal substitution strategy. Single crystal structure analysis shows that they are isostructural, only with slight differences in the number of OH and guests. We found that benzyl alkoxides protected Al7Ni2 cluster compound is more stable in H2O and various organic solvents when compared with ethoxides coordinated one. Moreover, it can be used as a reliable catalyst in aldol condensation reactions with higher activity. This work provides a new method for the design of stable crystalline heterometallic aluminum oxo compounds and reveals their excellent catalysis performance.
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