An {Fe60} tetrahedral cage: building nanoscopic molecular assemblies through cyanometallate and alkoxo linkers.
A nanoscopic {Fe60} coordination cage (approximately 3 nm) was prepared by the self assembly of a partially blocked tricyanidoferrate(iii) complex and tris(alkoxo)-based iron(iii) coordination motifs. This cage is a rare example of a mixed cyanido/alkoxo-bridged high nuclearity complex and it exemplifies the great potential of this new synthetic route to generate uncommon molecular architectures using cyanometallates as metalloligands versus alkoxo-based polynuclear entities.
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, UMR 8232, IPCM, F-75005, Paris, France. rodrigue.lescouëzec@upmc.fr and CNRS, UMR 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, F-75005, Paris, France.
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Jiménez
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, UMR 8232, IPCM, F-75005, Paris, France. rodrigue.lescouëzec@upmc.fr and CNRS, UMR 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, F-75005, Paris, France.
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Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, UMR 8232, IPCM, F-75005, Paris, France. rodrigue.lescouëzec@upmc.fr and CNRS, UMR 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, F-75005, Paris, France.
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Chamoreau
Synchrotron SOLEIL, F-91192 Gif Sur Yvette, France.
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School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M139PL, Manchester, UK.
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Universitat de València, Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, C/ Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, València, Spain.
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Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS, UPR 8241, Route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 04, France.
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Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, UMR 8232, IPCM, F-75005, Paris, France. rodrigue.lescouëzec@upmc.fr and CNRS, UMR 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, F-75005, Paris, France.
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Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, UMR 8232, IPCM, F-75005, Paris, France. rodrigue.lescouëzec@upmc.fr and CNRS, UMR 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, F-75005, Paris, France.
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