Triangulo-μ3-sulfido-trinickel(II) cone-shaped clusters and anion traps: Structural characterization

Horacio López-Sandoval, Arlette Richaud, Rosalinda Contreras, G. Jeffery Leigh, Peter B. Hitchcock, Angelina Flores-Parra, Juan Carlos Galvez-Ruíz, Alejandro Cruz, Heinrich Nöth, Noráh Barba-Behrens

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Abstract

Trinuclear Ni3S4N3 clusters were obtained from (1S,2S)-1-monothiasulfato-1-phenyl-2-(methylammoniumyl)propane (tpmp). Three homochiral ligand molecules together with three NiII ions give rise to a cone-shaped cluster topped by a μ3-sulfide ion. Each NiII is in a distorted planar geometry. X-ray structural studies showed that in three cases the three phenyl groups form the rim of a cage which contains R-OSO3 (R=C2H5, C3H 7) or nitrate anions. The alkyl sulfates were generated during the synthesis reaction, and are hydrogen-bonded through the oxygen atoms to the amine nitrogen atoms. The corresponding compound with the methyl sulfate anion (MeOSO3) reacts with FeIII nitrate to form a similar compound in which the nitrate anion occupies the cavity and its crystals were analyzed by X-ray diffraction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1837-1843
Number of pages7
JournalPolyhedron
Volume23
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Jun 2004

Keywords

  • Anion exchange
  • Cluster
  • Nickel
  • Pseudoephedrine
  • Triangulo

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