A Facile Template Approach to High‐Nuclearity Silver(I) Alkynyl Clusters

Abstract Peanut clusters : Anion templates are used in a facile approach for the synthesis of high‐nuclearity silver clusters. The cluster nuclearity can be controlled by adjusting the size of the templating anions and by using different alkynyl ligands. The largest silver alkynyl cluster, which consists of 35 silver(I) centers in the shape of a peanut, has been prepared by using chromate anions as templates (see picture). magnified image