Confinement of halide ions within homologous inverse coordination hosts; modification of halide-ion selectivity.
The structures of a series of spherical host-guest complexes [{MeE(PPh)(3)Li(4)·3thf}(4)(μ(4)-X)](-) (E = Al, [1X](-); E = Ga, [2X](-); E = In, [3X](-)) reveal that changing the halide ions (X = Cl, Br, or I) within their central tetrahedral Li(4) sites has negligible effect on the structural parameters.
Chemistry Department, Cambridge University, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
Felipe
F
García
Robert J
RJ
Less
Mary
M
McPartlin
Annette
A
Michalski
Robert E
RE
Mulvey
Vesal
V
Naseri
Matthew L
ML
Stead
Ana
A
Morán de Vega
Dominic S
DS
Wright