title: Electrophilic activation and the formation of an unusual Tl+/Cr3+ tetranuclear ion-complex adduct.
abstract: Reaction of TlPF(6) with the Cr(III) complex fac-[CrCl(3)(NPN)] (NPN = bis(2-picolyl)phenyl phosphine) did not lead to precipitation of TlCl but rather to addition of the Tl(+) cation to the CrCl(3) moiety, which resulted in a pseudo-dimeric adduct which has an unusual tetranuclear centrosymmetric structure in the solid state.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Institut de Chimie (UMR 7177 CNRS), Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, F-67081, Strasbourg Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Shaofeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peloso
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pattacini
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Braunstein