Issue 4, 2006
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Dalton Transactions

A closed molecular cube and an open book: two different products from assembly of the same metal salt and bridging ligand

Stephen P. Argent,a   Harry Adams,a   Lindsay P. Hardingb  and  Michael D. Ward*a  

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a Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
E-mail: m.d.ward@Sheffield.ac.uk
Fax: +44 (0)114 2229346

b Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK

Abstract

Reaction of the bis-bidentate bridging ligand L1 with Co(ClO4)2 or Zn(BF4)2 affords a mixture of complexes [M8(L1)12]X16 and [M6(L1)9]X12 having the same metal : ligand ratio: the former is a molecular cube with a metal ion at each vertex and a bridging ligand spanning each edge, whereas the latter has a metal framework like that of an ‘open book’ containing cross-linked double helical metal–ligand subunits.

Graphical abstract: A closed molecular cube and an open book: two different products from assembly of the same metal salt and bridging ligand

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B515296H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Oct 2005
Accepted
15 Nov 2005
First published
28 Nov 2005

Dalton Trans., 2006, 542-544

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S. P. Argent, H. Adams, L. P. Harding and M. D. Ward, Dalton Trans., 2006, 542 DOI: 10.1039/B515296H

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