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Cover Feature: Trinuclear Gold–Carborane Cluster as a Host Structure (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 1/2019)
Author(s) -
Aullón Gabriel,
Laguna Antonio,
Filippov Oleg A.,
OlivaEnrich Josep M.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201801515
Subject(s) - chemistry , cluster (spacecraft) , carborane , funnel , adduct , molecule , ion , crystallography , cover (algebra) , host–guest chemistry , chemical physics , computational chemistry , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , supramolecular chemistry , mechanical engineering , computer science , engineering , programming language
The Cover Feature shows the interaction pattern between a triangular gold–carborane cluster trianion (host) and various cations, neutral molecules, and anions (guests). The funnel above the cluster indicates that some of the guests, regardless of their charge or size, can be trapped inside the void of the host. Cations form stable complexes according to the large electrostatic potential that favors attractive host···guest adducts, but some neutral and anionic guests can also be enclosed. Unexpectedly, hydride and fluoride are trapped, forming tetraanionic species, but among neutral molecules, only CO 2 is trapped. More information can be found in the Full Paper by J. M. Oliva‐Enrich et al.