title: An octanuclear coordination cage with a 'cuneane' core--a topological isomer of a cubic cage.
abstract: The octanuclear coordination cage [Ni(8)(L(14Naph))(12)](BF(4))(16) has the core structure of a 'cuneane'--a toplogical isomer of a cube--with a metal ion at each of the eight vertices and bridging ligand spanning each of the twelve edges; this is the only possible 8-vertex polyhedron other than a cube that will form a cage in which each metal is connected to three others.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, S3 7HF, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stephenson
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ward