Supertetrahedral decametallic Ni(II) clusters directed by micro(6)-tris-alkoxides

Rachel Shaw; Ian S Tidmarsh; Rebecca H Laye; Barbara Breeze; Madeleine Helliwell; Euan K Brechin; Sarah L Heath; Mark Murrie; Stefan Ochsenbein; Hans-Ulrich Gudel; Eric J L McInnes

doi:10.1039/b403876b

Supertetrahedral decametallic Ni(II) clusters directed by micro(6)-tris-alkoxides

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Jun 21:(12):1418-9. doi: 10.1039/b403876b. Epub 2004 May 17.

Authors

Rachel Shaw¹, Ian S Tidmarsh, Rebecca H Laye, Barbara Breeze, Madeleine Helliwell, Euan K Brechin, Sarah L Heath, Mark Murrie, Stefan Ochsenbein, Hans-Ulrich Gudel, Eric J L McInnes

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UKM13 9PL.

PMID: 15179493
DOI: 10.1039/b403876b

Abstract

We report the syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of two decametallic Ni(II) clusters with unprecedented supertetrahedral cores, stabilised by the (hitherto unobserved) micro(6)-coordination modes of the tris-alkoxides [MeC(CH(2)O)(3)](3-) and [C(6)H(9)O(3)](3-).