Stable Tetra- and Penta-Anions in the Gas Phase

Fang, Hong; Jena, Puru

doi:10.1002/anie.201903044

Title: Stable Tetra- and Penta-Anions in the Gas Phase

Journal Article · 11 June 2019 · Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201903044 · OSTI ID:1610326

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Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA (United States)

Abstract The quest for stable gas‐phase anions in highly negative charge states has been a great challenge. While multiply charged anions are stabilized in solids and liquids by compensating cations and solvation cells, respectively, stable anions containing less than a hundred atoms in the gas phase and capable of carrying charge beyond −3 is unknown. Here, we report the discovery of thermodynamically stable tetra‐ and penta‐anions, containing less than 50 and 80 atoms, respectively, in the gas phase. A universal model is developed that explains their stability in terms of the synergy between closed shell, high electron affinity, and size and predicts new highly‐charged anions by using the known charged clusters as building blocks. Synthesis of these species can open a new chapter in materials chemistry.

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Research Organization:: Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-96ER45579; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1610326

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1546813

Journal Information:: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), Vol. 58, Issue 33; ISSN 1433-7851

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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