Volume 24, Issue 9 pp. 1259-1262
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Crystal Structure of an Octanuclear Sandwich Cluster of Silver(I) and 4,4′-Bis(2,5-dimethylstyryl)biphenyl

Shu-Qin Liu

Shu-Qin Liu

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Gui-Ling Ning

Gui-Ling Ning

Department of Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

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Xiong-Fu Zhang

Xiong-Fu Zhang

Department of Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

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Hisashi Konaka

Hisashi Konaka

Department of Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

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Megumu Munakata

Megumu Munakata

Department of Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

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First published: 04 September 2006
Citations: 2

Abstract

Reaction of the oligo(phenylenevinylene) 4,4′-bis(2,5-dimethylstyryl)biphenyl (bdb) with CF3CO2Ag in benzene gave a novel octanuclear sandwich cluster [Ag8(bdb)2(C6H6)2(CF3CO2)8]·2C6H6 (1). The clusters are packed on each other through strong π-π interactions to form 1D ′brick′ chains, between which the solvated benzene molecules are located. TG analysis showed that cluster 1 could completely liberate the guest benzene molecules at 105 °C and the coordinated benzene molecules at 180 °C. In solid state, cluster 1 exhibits fluorescence, and the emission band is red-shifted compared with that of free ligand bdb.

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