Issue 34, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Selective formation of a polar incomplete coordination cage induced by remote ligand substituents†

Nicola Giri,a   William Clegg,b   Ross W. Harrington,b   Peter N. Horton,c   Michael B. Hursthousea  and  Stuart L. James*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Centre for the Theory and Application of Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, David Keir Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AG
E-mail: s.james@qub.ac.uk

b School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU

c Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK SO17 1BJ

Abstract

Instead of highly symmetrical T-symmetry cages common in self-assembly, the p-NMe2-substituted triphosphine CH3C{CH2P(4-C6H4NMe2)3 gives open, polar C3 symmetry cages [Ag6(triphos)4X3]3+ which lack one of the expected face-capping anions; despite its subtlety this difference occurs selectively in solution and two examples have been crystallographically characterised.

Graphical abstract: Selective formation of a polar incomplete coordination cage induced by remote ligand substituents

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC17832J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Dec 2011
Accepted
28 Feb 2012
First published
21 Mar 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 4061-4063

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Selective formation of a polar incomplete coordination cage induced by remote ligand substituents

N. Giri, W. Clegg, R. W. Harrington, P. N. Horton, M. B. Hursthouse and S. L. James, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 4061 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17832J

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