Unusual bridging of three nitrates with two bridgehead protons in an octaprotonated azacryptand

Musabbir A Saeed; Frank R Fronczek; Ming-Ju Huang; Md Alamgir Hossain

doi:10.1039/b923013k

Unusual bridging of three nitrates with two bridgehead protons in an octaprotonated azacryptand

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jan 21;46(3):404-6. doi: 10.1039/b923013k. Epub 2009 Dec 3.

Authors

Musabbir A Saeed¹, Frank R Fronczek, Ming-Ju Huang, Md Alamgir Hossain

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University, 1325 J. R. Lynch Street, P.O. Box 17910, Jackson, MS 39212, USA.

Abstract

Structural analysis of the nitrate complex of a thiophene-based azacryptand suggests that three nitrates are bridged with two bridgehead protons which play the topological role of two transition metal ions in a classical Werner type coordination complex bridging three anions.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Models, Molecular
Molecular Structure
Nitrates / chemistry*
Protons
Thiophenes / chemistry*
Transition Elements / chemistry

Substances

Nitrates
Protons
Thiophenes
Transition Elements

Abstract

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