Single nanoscale cluster species revealed by 1H NMR diffusion-ordered spectroscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering.

A solved structure: The hydrated Ga(13) cluster, [Ga(13)(μ(3)-OH)(6)(μ-OH)(18)(H(2)O)(24)](NO(3))(15)], persists as a discrete nanoscale structure in an aqueous polar solvent at millimolar concentration. SAXS data confirm the presence of Ga(13) in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). In aqueous [D(6)]DMSO (1)H NMR signals for the hydroxo and aquo ligands of Ga(13) were detected, thus showing a cluster with a hydrodynamic radius of (11.