CO2 as a reaction ingredient for the construction of metal cages: a carbonate-panelled [Gd6Cu3] tridiminished icosahedron

Thomas N. Hooper; Ross Inglis; Maria A. Palacios; Gary S. Nichol; Mateusz B. Pitak; Simon J. Coles; Giulia Lorusso; Marco Evangelisti; Euan K. Brechin

doi:10.1039/C4CC00141A

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CO₂ as a reaction ingredient for the construction of metal cages: a carbonate-panelled [Gd₆Cu₃] tridiminished icosahedron†

Thomas N. Hooper,^a Ross Inglis,^a Maria A. Palacios,^a Gary S. Nichol,^a Mateusz B. Pitak,^b Simon J. Coles,^b Giulia Lorusso,^c Marco Evangelisti*^c and Euan K. Brechin*^a

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^b UK National Crystallography Service, Chemistry, Faculty of Natural & Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK

^c Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Zaragoza, Spain
E-mail: evange@unizar.es

Abstract

A CO₃²⁻-panelled [Gd^III₆Cu^II₃] cage conforming to a tridiminished icosahedron is synthesised by bubbling CO₂ through a solution of Gd^III and Cu^II ions.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC00141A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 07 jan 2014
Accepted: 11 feb 2014
First published: 13 feb 2014

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Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3498-3500

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CO₂ as a reaction ingredient for the construction of metal cages: a carbonate-panelled [Gd₆Cu₃] tridiminished icosahedron

T. N. Hooper, R. Inglis, M. A. Palacios, G. S. Nichol, M. B. Pitak, S. J. Coles, G. Lorusso, M. Evangelisti and E. K. Brechin, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 3498 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00141A

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