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Review

Atom-Precise Ligated Copper and Copper-Rich Nanoclusters with Mixed-Valent Cu(I)/Cu(0) Character: Structure–Electron Count Relationships

by
Bachir Zouchoune
1,2 and
Jean-Yves Saillard
3,*,†
1
Unité de Recherche de Chimie de l’Environnement et Moléculaire Structurale, Université Constantine 1 (Mentouri), Constantine 25000, Algeria
2
Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée et Technologie des Matériaux, Université Larbi Ben M’Hidi-Oum El Bouaghi, Oum El Bouaghi 04000, Algeria
3
Univ Rennes, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes-UMR 6226, 35000 Rennes, France
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Dedicated to our distinguished friend and Colleague Prof. David Carillo on the occasion of its 85th birthday.
Molecules 2024, 29(3), 605; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29030605
Submission received: 27 December 2023 / Revised: 12 January 2024 / Accepted: 18 January 2024 / Published: 26 January 2024
(This article belongs to the Section Inorganic Chemistry)
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Abstract

Copper homometallic and copper-rich heterometallic nanoclusters with some Cu(0) character are reviewed. Their structure and stability are discussed in terms of their number of “free” electrons. In many aspects, this structural chemistry differs from that of their silver or copper homologs. Whereas the two-electron species are by far the most numerous, only one eight-electron species is known, but more electron-rich nanoclusters have also been reported. Owing to the relatively recent development of this chemistry, it is likely that more electron-rich species will be reported in the future.
Keywords: nanoclusters; copper; nanoalloys; electron count; superatoms; supermolecules nanoclusters; copper; nanoalloys; electron count; superatoms; supermolecules

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Zouchoune, B.; Saillard, J.-Y. Atom-Precise Ligated Copper and Copper-Rich Nanoclusters with Mixed-Valent Cu(I)/Cu(0) Character: Structure–Electron Count Relationships. Molecules 2024, 29, 605. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29030605

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Zouchoune B, Saillard J-Y. Atom-Precise Ligated Copper and Copper-Rich Nanoclusters with Mixed-Valent Cu(I)/Cu(0) Character: Structure–Electron Count Relationships. Molecules. 2024; 29(3):605. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29030605

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Zouchoune, Bachir, and Jean-Yves Saillard. 2024. "Atom-Precise Ligated Copper and Copper-Rich Nanoclusters with Mixed-Valent Cu(I)/Cu(0) Character: Structure–Electron Count Relationships" Molecules 29, no. 3: 605. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29030605

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Zouchoune, B., & Saillard, J.-Y. (2024). Atom-Precise Ligated Copper and Copper-Rich Nanoclusters with Mixed-Valent Cu(I)/Cu(0) Character: Structure–Electron Count Relationships. Molecules, 29(3), 605. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29030605

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