Intermolecular recognition and crystal packing in molybdenum and tungsten coordination polymers as deduced from powder X-ray diffraction data.
The molecular conformations and packing of [(tBuCO2)3M2(mu-X)M2(O2CtBu)3], where M = Mo and W, and X = oxalate and perfluoroterephthalate, determined in the solid-state from powder X-ray diffraction analysis, reveal one-dimensional coordination polymers involving pivalate-oxygen to metal interactions (X = perfluoroterephthalate), and oxalate--as well as pivalate-oxygen to metal bonds (X = oxalate), and allows explanation of the unusual state-dependent chromic properties of these compounds.
Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, Newman and Wolfrom Laboratory, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1185, USA. chisholm@chemistry.ohio-state.edu
Malcolm H
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Chisholm
Paul J
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Wilson
Patrick M
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Woodward