A Giant Silver Alkynyl Cage with Sixty Silver(I) Ions Clustered around Polyoxometalate Templates

In a nutshell: A nanosized core/shell cluster has been synthesized by reaction of AgCCtBu with AgOTf in the presence of a polyoxometalate (POM) template under solvothermal conditions. The peanutlike structure (see picture) consists of two Mo6O228− nuts (green) and an Ag60 shell (purple). Electrochemical studies revealed that the silver shell acts like an electronic relay, while the POM cores function as a redox buffer to stabilize the cluster. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as "Supporting Information". Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.