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American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 37(118), p. 8345-8350, 2014

DOI: 10.1021/jp501164g

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Reactivity of Silver Clusters Anions with Ethanethiol

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Abstract

We have investigated the gas-phase reactivity of silver clusters with ethanethiol in a fast-flow tube reactor. The primary cluster products observed in this reaction are AgnSH- and AgnSH2- indicating C-S bond activation, together with interesting by-products H3S- and (H3S)2-. Agn- clusters with an odd number of valence electrons (n=even) were observed to be more reactive than those with an even number of electrons--a feature previously only observed in the reactivity of Agn- with triplet oxygen, indicating that radical active sites play a role in their reactivity. Furthermore, the reactivity dramatically increases with large flow rate of ethanethiol being introduced in the flow tube. Theoretical investigations on the reactivity of Ag13- and Ag8- with ethanethiol indicate that both Ag13- and Ag8- face significant barriers to reactivity with a single ethanethiol molecule. However, Ag8- reacts readily in a cooperative reaction with two ethanethiol molecules, consistent with the dramatic increase in reactivity with a large flow rate. Further hydrogen transfer reactions may then release an ethylene molecule or an ethyl radical resulting in the observed AgnSH- species.