New Evidence of the Bidentate Binding Mode in 3-MBA Protected Gold Clusters: Analysis of Aqueous 13–18 kDa Gold-Thiolate Clusters by HPLC-ESI-MS Reveals Special Compositions Au<em><sub>n</sub></em>(3-MBA)<em><sub>p</sub></em>, (<em>n</em> = 48–67, <em>p</em> = 26–30)

New Evidence of the Bidentate Binding Mode in 3-MBA Protected Gold Clusters: Analysis of Aqueous 13–18 kDa Gold-Thiolate Clusters by HPLC-ESI-MS Reveals Special Compositions Au<em><sub>n</sub></em>(3-MBA)<em><sub>p</sub></em>, (<em>n</em> = 48–67, <em>p</em> = 26–30)

Gold clusters protected by 3-MBA ligands (MBA = mercaptobenzoic acid, –SPhCO<sub>2</sub>H) have attracted recent interest due to their unusual structures and their advantageous ligand-exchange and bioconjugation properties. Azubel et al. first determined the core structure of an <i>...

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Main Authors: David M. Black, M. Mozammel Hoque, Germán Plascencia-Villa, Robert L. Whetten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Nanomaterials
Subjects:
3-MBA/Au MPCs
TEA-HFIP
ESI-MS
HPLC-MS
bidentate binding
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/9/9/1303

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