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Unprecedented Conversion of a Compound with Metal–Metal Bonding into a Solvated Molecular Wire
Author(s) -
Finniss Gary M.,
Canadell Enric,
Campana Charles,
Dunbar Kim R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199627721
Subject(s) - metal , dimer , rhodium , cationic polymerization , materials science , main group element , polymer , group (periodic table) , inorganic chemistry , photochemistry , crystallography , polymer chemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , metallurgy , transition metal , composite material
One‐electron reduction of the rhodium complex 1 has resulted in the first successful conversion of a discrete metal–metal bonded “dimer” into a one‐dimensional polymer ( 2 ). The doped material 2 (depicted on the right) differs significantly from the well‐known tetracyanoplatinates in that the metal backbone is cationic. In addition, there is the possibility of fine‐tuning the material properties by varying the organic group.\documentclass{article}\usepackage{amssymb}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$${\begin{array}{ll}&[{\rm RH}_2({\rm MeCN})_{10}]({\rm BF}_4)_4\quad{\bf 1}\\&\{[{\rm RH}({\rm MeCN}))_4]({\rm BF}_4)_{1.5}\}_{\infty}\quad{\bf 2}\end{array}}$$\end{document}