A novel copper cobalt inorganometallic cluster. Synthesis, structure and bonding analysis of Cu(3)[mu(2)-(CCHCo(2)(CO)(6))](3).
The reaction of the organometallic carboxylic acid HOOCCCHCo(2)(CO)(6) with copper(II) methoxide leads to a new inorganometallic cluster; Cu(3)[mu(2)-(CCHCo(2)(CO)(6))](3). This cluster has a triangular core of copper(I) centers surrounded by three CCHCo(2)(CO)(6) fragments. The structure of the cluster has short Cu-Cu and Cu-Co distances (average 2.500 and 2.540 A, respectively). DFT calculations provide a rationalization of the peculiar bonding in this cluster.
Vega
Andrés
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Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 233, Santiago, Chile.
Calvo
Víctor
V
Spodine
Evgenia
E
Zárate
Antonio
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Fuenzalida
Víctor
V
Saillard
Jean-Yves
JY