Abstract
A high-nuclearity Ni16-NH2 cluster, namely {[Ni4(TC4A)Cl]4 (5-NH2-BDC)8}[(CH3)2NH2]4 (+solvents), has been solvothermal synthesized by the modular condense of four Ni4-TC4A (H4TC4A = p-tert-butylthiacalix[4]arene) polynuclear second-building units (PSBUs) and eight 5-NH2-BDC ligands (5-NH2-H2BDC = 5-amino-1,3-benzene dicarboxylic acid). The Ni16-NH2 is characterized by a quadrangular arrangement of Ni4-TC4A PSBUs and two pairs (each of four) exposed –NH2 groups on both sides of the cluster, which was structurally revealed by single crystal X-ray diffraction determination. A series of Ni16-Fc-x (x = [Fc-CHO]/ [Ni16-NH2], x = 1, 2, 4, 8) complexes were synthesized by post-modification of Ni16-NH2 with Fc-CHO via the Schiff Base Reaction and characterized by UV–Vis, FT-IR, and XPS measurements. The fabricated Ni16-Fc-4/8 exhibited synergistic photothermal conversion properties of the Ni16-NH2 cluster and Fc groups.
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