title: Metal cages using a bulky phosphonate as a ligand.
abstract: The synthesis, structure, magnetic and electronic properties of soluble transition metal phosphonate cages utilizing tritylphosphonic acid (TPA) as ligand are reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK M13 9PL.
authors.forename: Viswanathan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baskar
authors.forename: Muralidharan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shanmugam
authors.forename: E Carolina
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Sañudo
authors.forename: Maheswaran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shanmugam
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Collison
authors.forename: Eric J L
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: McInnes
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Richard E P
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Winpenny
mesh_terms: D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D008280:Magnetics; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D063065:Organophosphonates / Q000737:chemistry*; D028561:Transition Elements / Q000737:chemistry; D014320:Triphenylmethyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D063065:Organophosphonates; D028561:Transition Elements; D014320:Triphenylmethyl Compounds; D003035:Cobalt; D008345:Manganese; D003300:Copper