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A Nanoscopic Molecular Cadmium Phosphonate Wrapped in a Hydrocarbon Sheath
Author(s) -
Anantharaman Ganapathi,
Walawalkar Mrinalini G.,
Murugavel Ramaswamy,
Gábor Bunkóczi,
Herbst–Irmer Regine,
Baldus Marc,
Angerstein Brigitta,
Roesky Herbert W.
Publication year - 2003
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/anie.200352133
Subject(s) - phosphonate , cadmium , nanoscopic scale , oxygen atom , chemistry , atom (system on chip) , crystallography , hydrocarbon , inorganic chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , molecule , organic chemistry , computer science , embedded system
The molecular cadmium phosphonate [(MeCd) 10 {(thf)Cd} 4 Cd 6 (μ 4 ‐O) 2 (μ 3 ‐OH) 2 ( t BuPO 3 ) 12 ] (see picture) is unlike all other such Cd compounds, which are polymeric or layered structures. It contains a 68‐atom inorganic hollow skeleton made up of twenty cadmium (green), twelve phosphorus (purple), and thirty‐six oxygen atoms (red), held together internally by pairs of oxo and hydroxo groups.