title: The first anionic four-connected boron imidazolate framework.
abstract: Reported here is an organic-cation templated 4-connected anionic boron imidazolate framework [N(CH(3))(4)][Cd(SH)(2)B(im)(4)] (ABIF-1, im = imidazolyl), which is synthesized from the reaction of the supertetrahedral Cd(10)S(4)(SPh)(12) cluster with [N(CH(3))(4)]Cl and NaB(im)(4). The work represents an important step in the expansion of boron imidazolate frameworks from neutral BIFs to anionic ABIFs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shumei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xianhui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bu