Transmetalation of aqueous inorganic clusters: a useful route to the synthesis of heterometallic aluminum and indium hydroxo-aquo clusters

Maisha K Kamunde-Devonish; Milton N Jackson Jr; Zachary L Mensinger; Lev N Zakharov; Darren W Johnson

doi:10.1021/ic403121r

Transmetalation of aqueous inorganic clusters: a useful route to the synthesis of heterometallic aluminum and indium hydroxo-aquo clusters

Inorg Chem. 2014 Jul 21;53(14):7101-5. doi: 10.1021/ic403121r. Epub 2014 Apr 18.

Authors

Maisha K Kamunde-Devonish¹, Milton N Jackson Jr, Zachary L Mensinger, Lev N Zakharov, Darren W Johnson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon , Eugene, Oregon 97403-1253, United States.

PMID: 24742048
DOI: 10.1021/ic403121r

Abstract

[AlxIny(μ3-OH)6(μ-OH)18(H2O)24](NO3)15 hydroxy-aquo clusters (AlxIn13-x) are synthesized through the evaporation of stoichiometrically varied solutions of Al13 and In(NO3)3 using a transmetalation reaction. Several spectroscopic techniques ((1)H NMR, (1)H-diffusion ordered spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, and Raman) are used to compare AlxIn13-x to its Al13 counterpart. A thin film of aluminum indium oxide was prepared from an Al7In6 cluster ink, showing its utility as a precursor for materials.