Volume 38, Issue 23 pp. 3477-3479
Communication

A One-Pot, High-Yield Synthesis of a Paramagnetic Nickel Square from Divergent Precursors by Anion Template Assembly

Cristian S. Campos-Fernández

Cristian S. Campos-Fernández

Chemistry Department, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, TX 77842–3012, USA, Fax: (+1) 409-845-7177

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Rodolphe Clérac

Rodolphe Clérac

Chemistry Department, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, TX 77842–3012, USA, Fax: (+1) 409-845-7177

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Kim R. Dunbar

Kim R. Dunbar

Chemistry Department, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, TX 77842–3012, USA, Fax: (+1) 409-845-7177

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Abstract

A paramagnetic Ni-containing molecular square has been synthesized in high yield from divergent precursors. An X-ray structure (shown in the picture) reveals the presence of an encapsulated tetrafluoroborate anion, which appears to be a requisite condition for the formation of the cyclic oligomer.

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