Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of uniform and mixed monolayer nanoparticles:: Au25[S(CH2)2Ph]18 and Au25[S(CH2)2Ph]18-x(SR)x

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Tracy, Joseph B. [1 ]
Crowe, Matthew C. [1 ]
Parker, Joseph F. [1 ]
Hampe, Oliver [2 ]
Fields-Zinna, Christina A. [1 ]
Dass, Amala [1 ]
Murray, Royce W. [1 ]
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[1] Univ N Carolina, Kenan Labs Chem, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
[2] Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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10.1021/ja076621a
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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New approaches to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) - with exact compositional assignments - of small (Au-25) nanoparticles with uniform and mixed protecting organothiolate monolayers are described. The results expand the scope of analysis and reveal a rich chemistry of ionization behavior. ESI-MS of solutions of phenylethanethiolate monolayer-protected gold clusters (MPCs), Au-25(SC2Ph)(18), containing alkali metal acetate salts (MOAc) produce spectra in which, for Na+, K+, Rb+, and Cs+ acetates, the dominant species are MAu25(SC2Ph)(18)(2+) and M2Au25(SC2Ph)(18)(2+). Li+ acetates caused ligand loss. This method was extended to the analysis of Au-25 MPCs with mixed monolayers, where thiophenolate ( - SPh), hexanethiolate ( - SC6), or biotinylated ( - S - PEG - biotin) ligands had been introduced by ligand exchange. In negative-mode ESI-MS, no added reagents were needed in order to observe Au-25(SC2Ph)(18)(-) and to analyze mixed monolayer Au-25 MPCs prepared by ligand exchange with 4-mercaptobenzoic acid, HSPhCOOH, which gave spectra through deprotonation of the carboxylic acids. Adducts of tetraoctylammonium (Oct(4)N(+)) with -SPhCOO- sites were also observed. Mass spectrometry is the only method that has demonstrated capacity for measuring the exact distribution of ligand-exchange products. The possible origins of the different Au-25 core charges (1-, 0, 1+, 2+) observed during electrospray ionization are discussed.
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