An alcoholysis route to a Cu16 cluster, and the influence of the alcohol.
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.
Liu
Tian-Fu
TF
Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, USA.
Stamatatos
Theocharis C
TC
Abboud
Khalil A
KA
Christou
George
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