title: An alcoholysis route to a Cu16 cluster, and the influence of the alcohol.
abstract: A systematic investigation of the alcoholysis of copper(II) pivalate (piv(-)) solutions has led to a series of Cu(2), Cu(6), and Cu(16) products, depending on the alcohol used as solvent. When Pr(n)OH or Bu(n)OH was employed, the products were the clusters [Cu(16)O(4)(OH)(4)(OR)(8)(piv)(12)(ROH)] (R = Pr(n), Bu(n)) that are almost isostructural. The Cu(16) clusters are antiferromagnetically-coupled with an S = 0 spin ground state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, USA.
authors.forename: Tian-Fu
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Theocharis C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Stamatatos
authors.forename: Khalil A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Abboud
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Christou