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Lanthaballs: Chiral, Structurally Layered Polycarbonate Tridecanuclear Lanthanoid Clusters
Author(s) -
Chesman Anthony S. R.,
Turner David R.,
Moubaraki Boujemaa,
Murray Keith S.,
Deacon Glen B.,
Batten Stuart R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200900400
Subject(s) - lanthanide , moiety , chirality (physics) , polycarbonate , cluster (spacecraft) , crystallography , materials science , ion , stereochemistry , carbonate , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , chiral symmetry , quantum mechanics , computer science , nambu–jona lasinio model , programming language , quark
New balls please! The viability of using carbonate as the primary anion in cluster formation is demonstrated in the synthesis of ‘lanthaballs’, spherical tridecanuclear lanthanoid complexes with a novel [Ln(CO 3 ) 6 ] moiety in a [Ln 13 (CO 3 ) 14 ] core (see picture). The chirality of the lanthaballs is evidenced in the configuration of extended columns of π‐stacked phenanthroline ligands. The structural and magnetic properties of lanthaballs are investigated.