Sulfide-capped wire-like metallaynes as connectors for Au nanoparticle assemblies

摘要

A new series of Ru-2(DMBA)(4)( oligo( phenyleneethyne))(2) compounds bearing sulfide termini was synthesized; structural characterization revealed both the rigid rod nature and extended pi-conjugation in these metallaynes; in the presence of these metallaynes, Au nanoparticles readily assembled into dimers and chains with well-defined inter-dimer distances.