Chisholm, DMMcIndoe, JSBodizs, GAng, WHScopelliti, RDyson, PJ2007-06-132007-06-132007-06-13200710.1007/s10876-007-0110-4https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/7892WOS:00024545710002210452Reaction of [Ru<sub>6</sub>C(CO)<sub>16</sub>]<sup>2−</sup> with an excess of AgX (X = Cl, Br or I) affords heteronuclear clusters of formula [{Ru<sub>6</sub>C(CO)<sub>16</sub>Ag<sub>2</sub>X}<sub>2</sub>]<sup>2−</sup> in 80% yield, which for X = I and X = Br/Cl were crystallographically characterised. The formation of the cluster was followed in solution using electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), which revealed the presence of a wide range of clusters with the general formula [{Ru<sub>6</sub>C(CO)<sub>16</sub>}<sub><i>x</i></sub>Ag<sub><i>y</i></sub>X<sub><i>z</i></sub>]<sup>(2<i>x−y</i>+<i>z</i>)−</sup> where <i>x</i> = 1 or 2, <i>y</i> = 1, 2, 3 or 4 and <i>z</i> = 0, 1 or 2. The high yield of the product despite the evident complicated solution speciation is attributed to selective crystallisation of the observed compound driving the equilibrium toward this product.Investigation into the formation of heteronuclear clusters of formula [ Ru6C(CO)16Ag2X 2]2- (X = Cl, Br or I)text::journal::journal article::research article