Crystal Growth & Design · 2020 · 12 citations · 61 references
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By using bifunctional ligands bearing carboxylate and N-donor groups, the precursor of nBu2SnO undergoes a transformation to yield organotin–oxygen carboxylate clusters, namely, [(nBu2Sn)4(μ3-O)2(μ2-OH)2(INA)2] (INA = isonicotinate), [(nBu2Sn)5(μ3-O)3(μ2-OH)2(INA)2], and [(nBu2Sn)4(μ3-O)2(NA)4] (NA = nicotinate), resulting in different geometric building units with two or four extension points. Such organotin–oxygen carboxylate clusters assemble with various CunIn clusters such as a Cu2I2 rhomboid dimer, Cu4I4 cubic tetramer, and Cu6I6 prismatic hexamer to engender various heterometallic cluster coordination polymers.
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