Self-Assembly of a Three-Dimensional [Ga6(L2)6] Metal-Ligand “Cylinder”

Abstract

A near trigonal antiprism with metal–metal distances in the nanometer regime is formed by the six metal ions in the crystalline, homochiral [Ga6(L2)6] (see structure). This metal–ligand “cylinder” is based on a threefold symmetric, β-diketone ligand, and represents a new geometry for metal–ligand clusters.