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DOI: 10.1039/A806388E (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1998, 2323-2324

Anion-templated formation of a unique inorganic ‘super-adamantoid’ cage [Ag6(triphos)4(O3SCF3)4]2+ [triphos = (PPh2CH2)3CMe]

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Stuart L. James, D. Michael P. Mingos, Andrew J. P. White and David J. Williams

Abstract

In the presence of templating anions, 2:3 molar mixtures of triphos and silver(I) cations unexpectedly give novel hexanuclear cages, which result from an unusual ‘endo-methyl’ geometry of the triphos ligands.

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