title: Circular serendipity: in situ ligand transformation for the self-assembly of an hexadecametallic [Cu(II)16] wheel.
abstract: A [Cu(II)16] wheel was isolated serendipitously from the reaction of acetylacetone dioxime with copper(ii) chloride and lanthanide ions in a reaction initially designed to produce heterometallic 3d-4f cages. The ligand has been transformed in situ to three different forms, all found within the [Cu16] wheel, with the original ligand completely absent.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 157 71 Zografou, Greece. gspapaef@chem.uoa.gr.
authors.forename: Andreas K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kostopoulos
authors.forename: Athanassios D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Katsenis
authors.forename: Jamie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Frost
authors.forename: Vadim G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: Euan K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Brechin
authors.forename: Giannis S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Papaefstathiou