Lanthaballs: chiral, structurally layered polycarbonate tridecanuclear lanthanoid clusters.
New balls please! The viability of using carbonate as the primary anion in cluster formation is demonstrated in the synthesis of 'lanthaballs', spherical tridecanuclear lanthanoid complexes with a novel [Ln(CO(3))(6)] moiety in a [Ln(13)(CO(3))(14)] core (see picture). The chirality of the lanthaballs is evidenced in the configuration of extended columns of pi-stacked phenanthroline ligands. The structural and magnetic properties of lanthaballs are investigated.
School of Chemistry, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia.
Anthony S R
AS
Chesman
David R
DR
Turner
Boujemaa
B
Moubaraki
Keith S
KS
Murray
Glen B
GB
Deacon
Stuart R
SR
Batten