What is it about?
This paper reports the crystal structure of a Pd4 cluster compound, and compares it with similar structures where solvents molecules are different. This is shown to have an impact on the cluster geometry.
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Why is it important?
There are very few palladium clusters. These are very difficult to obtain, purify and characterize fully like here !
Perspectives
We have used Pd carbonyl clusters as precursors for supported nanoparticle catalysts, see "Hydrogenation of nitrobenzene over Pd/C catalysts prepared from molecular carbonyl-phosphine palladium clusters", Christopher Willocq, Vincent Dubois, Yaroslav Z. Khimyak, Michel Devillers, Sophie Hermans, J. Mol. Catal., A-Chem., 2012, 365, 172–180. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2012.09.001
Professor Sophie Hermans
Universite catholique de Louvain
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This page is a summary of: Crystal structure of a Pd4carbonyl triphenylphosphane cluster [Pd4(CO)5(PPh3)4]·2C4H8O, comparing solvates, Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications, January 2016, International Union of Crystallography,
DOI: 10.1107/s205698901502441x.
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