Ni(II) N4-macrocycle grafted crown ether: caesium cobalt(III) bis(dicarbollide) coordination polymer

Nino Malic; Peter J Nichols; Colin L Raston

doi:10.1039/b108162d

Ni(II) N4-macrocycle grafted crown ether: caesium cobalt(III) bis(dicarbollide) coordination polymer

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Jan 7:(1):16-7. doi: 10.1039/b108162d.

Authors

Nino Malic¹, Peter J Nichols, Colin L Raston

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Melbourne, Australia.

PMID: 12120288
DOI: 10.1039/b108162d

Abstract

A mixture of a Ni(TMTAA) grafted crown ether and Cs[Co(C2B9H11)2] in toluene-CH2Cl2 affords a 1:1 complex, comprised of layers of infinite two-dimensional polymeric arrays separated by layers of the cobalticarborane anion which themselves form two B-H...Cs+ hydrogen interactions.