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The gem ‐Diol Form of (py) 2 CO as a Ligand in Cobalt( II ) Carboxylate Clusters: A Cubane Complex and a Novel Nonanuclear Species with a Vertex‐Sharing Double Square Pyramidal Structure
Author(s) -
Tsohos Alexandros,
Dionyssopoulou Stavroula,
Raptopoulou Catherine P.,
Terzis Aris,
Bakalbassis Evangelos G.,
Perlepes Spyros P.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990401)38:7<983::aid-anie983>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - cubane , square pyramidal molecular geometry , vertex (graph theory) , cobalt , ligand (biochemistry) , carboxylate , chemistry , crystallography , square (algebra) , stereochemistry , mathematics , crystal structure , inorganic chemistry , discrete mathematics , receptor , geometry , graph , biochemistry
A vertex‐sharing double square pyramid of cobalt( II ) ions (see picture) is present in the nonanuclear complex 1 , obtained by treating cobalt acetate with 0.5 equivalents of (py 2 )CO. The corresponding 1:1 reaction gave 2 , which has a central core with a cubane structure. py=pyridine.