title: A novel high-spin heterometallic Ni12K4 cluster incorporating large Ni-azide circles and an in situ cyanomethylated di-2-pyridyl ketone.
abstract: Reaction of di-2-pyridyl ketone (dpk) with nickel acetate and azide in the presence of potassium tert-butylate as a catalytic base generates the title compound, which contains the largest [Ni(mu(1,1)-N3)]6 circles in the discrete ferromagnetically-coupled M(II)-azide cluster family, and shows an unprecedented in situ cyanomethylation of ketone.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. cestml@zsu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Ming-Liang
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monfort
authors.forename: Juan Modesto Clemente
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Juan
authors.forename: Xiao-Ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xian-He
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Bu
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohba
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitagawa