Phosphonate ligands encourage a platonic relationship between cobalt(II) and alkali metal ions.
Two new cobalt(ii) cages are reported where the metal core has a high symmetry related to a Platonic solid; the choice of alkali metal used in the base used for deprotonation appears to influence the resulting structures.
Langley
Stuart
S
Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UKM13 9PL. richard.winpenny@man.ac.uk
Helliwell
Madeleine
M
Raftery
James
J
Tolis
Evangelos I
EI
Winpenny
Richard E P
RE