Synthesis and structure of [Na4(DMSO)15][(I3)3(I)]. Self-assembly of hexacoordinated sodium

Álvaro Duarte-Ruiz; Nelson Nuñez-Dallos; Luis Garzón-Tovar; Klaus Wurst; Eliseo Avella-Moreno; Fernando Gómez-Baquero

doi:10.1039/c1cc11898f

Synthesis and structure of [Na4(DMSO)15][(I3)3(I)]. Self-assembly of hexacoordinated sodium

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jul 7;47(25):7110-2. doi: 10.1039/c1cc11898f. Epub 2011 May 26.

Authors

Álvaro Duarte-Ruiz¹, Nelson Nuñez-Dallos, Luis Garzón-Tovar, Klaus Wurst, Eliseo Avella-Moreno, Fernando Gómez-Baquero

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Ciudad Universitaria, Bogotá Kr 30 No 45-03, Colombia. aduarter@unal.edu.co

PMID: 21614399
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc11898f

Abstract

A new complex with the molecular formula [Na(4)(DMSO)(15)][(I(3))(3)(I)] represents the first example of Na(+) coordinated solely by DMSO. The triiodide (I(3)(-)) and iodide (I(-)) anions form an infinite linear chain running throughout the crystal.