New routes to high nuclearity clusters: fluoride-based octametallic and tridecametallic clusters of manganese.
The reaction of MnF(3) with 5,6-dimethylbenzotriazole (Me(2)BTAH) gives the [Mn(III)(8)] complex [Mn(8)O(4)(OMe)(2)(Me(2)BTA)(6)F(8)(Me(2)BTAH)(MeOH)(8)] and the [Mn(IV)(3)Mn(III)(10)] complex [Mn(13)O(12)(Me(2)BTA)(12)F(6)(MeOH)(10)(H(2)O)(2)]. The octametallic species is an "intermediate" in the formation of the tridecametallic cluster.
Jones
Leigh F
LF
Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
Brechin
Euan K
EK
Collison
David
D
Raftery
James
J
Teat
Simon J
SJ