Friday, 15 July 2005
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This presentation is part of: Inorganic Chemistry Poster Session I

Introducing anionic phosphorus clusters into the host framework: a new route to supramolecular inorganic assemblies

Discrete main-group clusters are well-known and well-characterised objects. Introduction of main-group clusters into a host matrix of supramolecular assemblies enormously extends the choice of building units leading to the formation of new frameworks with a great variety of the geometries, topologies and charges. Such host frameworks are capable of hosting the complementary guests of different functionalities. In this work, we report new supramolecular assemblies with host frameworks built of anionic phosphorus clusters linked by group 11 and 12 metals. The diversity of the phosphorus anionic guests ranging from the P₆^6- cycles to P₁₁^3- ufosanes and including the new P₈^8- armchair ensures a variety of the framework topologies and charges. It also sets the conditions for hosting different guests, halide and halometallate anions, that balance the charge of the assemblies.

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