Imine‐Stabilized Zinc Trimethylsilylchalcogenolates: Powerful Reagents for the Synthesis of II‐II′‐VI Nanocluster Materials

Abstract

That zinc in feeling: The complexes [(3,5-Me2C5H3N)2Zn(ESiMe3)2] (E=Se, 1; E=Te, 2) are prepared and found to be good reagents for the generation of ternary MM′E materials. From 2 (see structure; Te red, Zn blue, Si yellow, N green), the ternary ZnCdTe nanocluster [Zn2.6Cd7.4Te4(TePh)12(PnPr3)4] (3) is prepared. The optical properties of 3 are shown to be modulated relative to those of related binary CdTe cluster molecules.