Merohedral icosahedral M<sub>48</sub> (M = Co<sup>II</sup>, Ni<sup>II</sup>) cage clusters supported by thiacalix[4]arene

Dantong Geng, Xu Han, Yanfeng Bi, Yucai Qin, Qiang Li, Liangliang Huang, Kun Zhou, Lijuan Song, Zhiping Zheng

Chemical Science · 2018 · 73 citations · 60 references

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Highest nuclearity M<sub>48</sub> (M = Co<sup>II</sup> or Ni<sup>II</sup>) cage clusters have been constructed by [12+18] condensation of twelve M4-<italic>p-tert</italic>-butylthiacalix[4]arene second building units (as vertices) and eighteen asymmetric 5-(1<italic>H</italic>-tetrazol-1-yl)isophthalate ligands (as faces), showing a merohedral icosahedron-type framework.

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