Self-Assembly of Spheroidal Structures: The Coordination Chemistry of Pentacyanocyclopentadienide

✍ Scribed by Carlos da Silva; Mirka Bergamo; Radovan Černý; Alan F. Williams

• Book ID: 102253733
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 347 KB
• Volume: 92
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0018-019X
• DOI: 10.1002/hlca.200900182

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Modelling studies show that the anion pentacyanocyclopentadienide, 1, can complex linearly coordinating cations such as silver(I) and copper(I) to form a spheroidal complex [M~30~(1)~12~]^18+^ with minimum distortion. The anion 1 complexes transition metal ions to give species which appear to be polymers in the solid state. The structure of Ag(1) was determined by powder diffraction and shows a one‐dimensional polymeric structure with three coordinate Ag^I^ and two CN functions of the ligand 1 non‐coordinated. No evidence for the formation of the spheroidal complex was found.