Volume 44, Issue 42 pp. 6881-6884
Communication

A Germanate Framework Containing 24-Ring Channels, NiGe Bonds, and Chiral [Ni@Ge14O24(OH)3] Cluster Motifs Transferred from Chiral Metal Complexes

Zhi-En Lin

Zhi-En Lin

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-0051

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Jie Zhang Prof. Dr.

Jie Zhang Prof. Dr.

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-0051

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Jing-Tai Zhao Prof. Dr.

Jing-Tai Zhao Prof. Dr.

State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China

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Shou-Tian Zheng

Shou-Tian Zheng

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-0051

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Chun-Yang Pan

Chun-Yang Pan

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-0051

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Guo-Ming Wang

Guo-Ming Wang

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-0051

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Guo-Yu Yang Prof. Dr.

Guo-Yu Yang Prof. Dr.

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-0051

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First published: 25 October 2005
Citations: 117

This work was supported by the NNSF of China (Nos. 20473093 and 20271050), the Talents Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the NSF of Fujian Province (Nos. E0510030 and E0210029).

Graphical Abstract

Microporous: Chiral metal complexes as templates under solvothermal conditions resulted in two novel germanates Ni@Ge14O24(OH)3⋅2 Ni(L)3 (L=ethylenediamine, 1,2-diaminopropane). The chiral Ni@Ge14O24(OH)3 cluster motifs have an unprecedented trigonal-bipyramidal Ni@Ge5 core with NiGe bonds and are linked to each other to form a 3D germanate framework containing 24-ring channels (see picture).

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