title: First homoleptic MIC and heteroleptic NHC-MIC coordination cages from 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene-bridged tris-MIC and tris-NHC ligands.
abstract: The preparation of a triphenylbenzene-bridged tris-(1,2,3-triazolium) salt allowed us to obtain the first homoleptic tris-MIC cylinder-like cages of Ag and Au. The silver MIC-based cage reacts with the tris-NHC-Ag analogue to form the corresponding heteroleptic NHC-MIC silver cage in an unusual reaction involving the simultaneous exchange of the tris-NHC and tris-MIC ligands.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Materiales Avanzados (INAM), Universitat Jaume I, Avda. Vicente Sos Baynat, 12071-Castellón, Spain. guisado@uji.es eperis@uji.es.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mejuto
authors.forename: Gregorio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guisado-Barrios
authors.forename: Dmitry
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gusev
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peris