Svitlana R. Petrusenko, Volodymyr N. Kokozay, Olga Yu. Vassilyeva and Brian W. Skelton
The new clathrate complex
[{Ni(NCS)2(H2O)2(dabco)2
}· dabco]·2dmso
(dabco = 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane and
dmso = dimethyl sulfoxide), the first example of a
compound comprising metal centres and dabco molecules in a
1:
3 ratio, has been prepared from metal powder; its
crystal structure contains
[Ni(NCS)2(H2O)2(dabco)2]
∞ square grids linked by hydrogen-bonded dabco
molecules to afford a three-dimensional framework, molecules of dmso
occupy square-shaped channels.