Discrete and encapsulated molecular grids: homometallic Mn15 and heterometallic Mn24Ni2 aggregates

Maria Charalambous; Sotiris M. Zartilas; Eleni E. Moushi; Constantina Papatriantafyllopoulou; Manolis J. Manos; Theocharis C. Stamatatos; Shreya Mukherjee; Vassilios Nastopoulos; George Christou; Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos

doi:10.1039/C4CC02893G

Discrete and encapsulated molecular grids: homometallic Mn₁₅ and heterometallic Mn₂₄Ni₂ aggregates†

Maria Charalambous,^a Sotiris M. Zartilas,^a Eleni E. Moushi,^a Constantina Papatriantafyllopoulou,^a Manolis J. Manos,‡^a Theocharis C. Stamatatos,§^b Shreya Mukherjee,^b Vassilios Nastopoulos,^c George Christou^b and Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos*^a

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^b Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200, USA

^c Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece

Abstract

Two molecular grid-like clusters are reported, one is a discrete [3 × 5] grid and the other a [3 × 4] grid within a Mn₁₂Ni₂ loop. Both Mn₂₄Ni₂ and Mn₁₅ aggregates display novel and aesthetically pleasing structures with the former one being among the highest nuclearity heterometallic Mn_xM_y clusters (M = any transition metal ion).

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Discrete and encapsulated molecular grids: homometallic Mn₁₅ and heterometallic Mn₂₄Ni₂ aggregates†

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