High Nuclearity ZnII/MeCO2−/(C5NH4)2CO22− Clusters by “Depolymerization”: Conversion of a Three-Dimensional Coordination Polymer Containing Hexameric Units into Its Constituent Hexanuclear Complex

Abstract

The controlled cleavage of coordination polymers consisting of well-defined large units can be employed for the rational synthesis of high nuclearity clusters. This synthetic concept is demonstrated by the conversion (schematically shown) of a three-dimensional Zn^II coordination polymer containing repeating hexameric units with a "twin-anchor" arrangement of the metal ions into the corresponding hexanuclear cluster by reaction with a donor solvent.