title: Directed assembly of metal-organic cubes from deliberately predesigned molecular building blocks.
abstract: A novel anionic metal-organic cube (MOC-1), [Ni(8)(HImDC)(12)](8-), has been synthesized by metal-ligand directed assembly of eight tri-connected Ni nodes and twelve doubly deprotonated bis(bidentate) imidazoledicarboxylic acid ligands (HImDC).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave (SCA400), Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
authors.forename: Yunling
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kravtsov
authors.forename: Rosa D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Poddar
authors.forename: Hariharan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Srikanth
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eddaoudi