Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.48, No.17, 8066-8068, 2009
Isolated Co-15 Clusters and Their Assembly into a 3D Network: Conformation-Directed Synthesis
Isolated clusters of 15 Co atoms interconnected by six organic linkers, each with two carboxylic and one phosphonic groups, N(CH2COO-)(2)(CH2PO32-), are synthesized with deprotonated traps-cyclohexanehexacarboxylic acid, C6H6(COO-)(6), as counteranions. The cis conformation of the latter, on the other hand, coordinates to the same clusters by replacing the terminal water ligands and links them into a 3D network.