Supramolecular Templating of the Double-
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Xiaoming Liu; Judith A. McAllister; Marcelo P. de Miranda; Benjamin J. Whitaker;
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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While the [M 4 (m 3 -X) 4 ] 4 (M transition ion, X anion or dianion) cubane structure is a common motif in transition metal chemistry and biochemistry, only a few examples of vertex-sharing double-cubane compounds are known. [1±8] We note in particular 1 (bipym 2,2'-bipyrimidine), which is the only