Novel alkoxide cluster topologies featuring rare seesaw geometry at transition metal centers.
Caution! Chemists playing: Novel clusters of the form [M2Li2Cl2(OR)4] featuring rare seesaw geometry at the transition metal centers were synthesized for M=Cr-Co. The use of sterically hindering alkoxide ligands, as well as the inclusion of lithium ions in the structures enforces this highly unusual configuration.
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202 (USA).
James A
JA
Bellow
Dong
D
Fang
Natalija
N
Kovacevic
Philip D
PD
Martin
Jason
J
Shearer
G Andrés
GA
Cisneros
Stanislav
S
Groysman
alkoxides; cluster compounds; continuous symmetry measures; seesaw geometry; transition metals