10.1021/acsomega.9b00575.s001 Haru Hirai Haru Hirai Shinjiro Takano Shinjiro Takano Tatsuya Tsukuda Tatsuya Tsukuda Synthesis of Trimetallic (HPd@M<sub>2</sub>Au<sub>8</sub>)<sup>3+</sup> Superatoms (M = Ag, Cu) via Hydride-Mediated Regioselective Doping to (Pd@Au<sub>8</sub>)<sup>2+</sup> American Chemical Society 2019 nucleophilic addition Theoretical calculations PPh 3 ligands hydride-mediated growth process Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis Pd atom atomically-precise bottom-up 775 nm Hydride-Mediated Regioselective Doping Ag multimetallic superatoms Cu HPd 2019-04-18 18:03:25 Journal contribution https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Synthesis_of_Trimetallic_HPd_M_sub_2_sub_Au_sub_8_sub_sup_3_sup_Superatoms_M_Ag_Cu_via_Hydride-Mediated_Regioselective_Doping_to_Pd_Au_sub_8_sub_sup_2_sup_/8014559 We have recently reported that hydride (H<sup>–</sup>) doped superatom (HPd@Au<sub>8</sub>)<sup>+</sup> protected by eight PPh<sub>3</sub> ligands selectively grew into (HPd@Au<sub>10</sub>)<sup>3+</sup> by the nucleophilic addition of two Au­(I)Cl units. In the present study, (HPd@Au<sub>8</sub>)<sup>+</sup> was successfully converted to unprecedented trimetallic (HPd@M<sub>2</sub>Au<sub>8</sub>)<sup>3+</sup> superatoms (M = Ag, Cu) by controlled doping of two Ag­(I)­Cl or Cu­(I)Cl units, respectively. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis demonstrated that two Ag­(I) or Cu­(I) ions were regioselectively incorporated. Theoretical calculations suggested that hydrogens in (HPd@M<sub>2</sub>Au<sub>8</sub>)<sup>3+</sup> (M = Au, Ag, Cu) occupy the same bridging site between the central Pd atom and the surface Au atom. (HPd@Ag<sub>2</sub>Au<sub>8</sub>)<sup>3+</sup> exhibited photoluminescence at 775 nm, with the enhanced quantum yield of 0.09%, although it is structurally and electronically equivalent with (HPd@Au<sub>10</sub>)<sup>3+</sup>. This study demonstrates that hydride-mediated growth process is a promising atomically-precise bottom-up synthetic method of new multimetallic superatoms.