title: Binuclear fluoro-bridged zinc and cadmium complexes of a schiff base expanded porphyrin: fluoride abstraction from the tetrafluoroborate anion.
abstract: Reactions of the Schiff base oligopyrrolic octaazamacrocycle 1 with BF4- salts of divalent zinc and cadmium result in fluoride anion abstraction and the formation of difluoride-bridged metal complexes. X-ray diffraction analyses provide support for the notion that hydrogen-bonding interactions, involving the N-H groups of the macrocycle and the coordinated fluoride ions, play an important role in stabilizing these new complexes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, TX 78712-0165, USA.
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tomat
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cuesta
authors.forename: Vincent M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Jonathan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sessler