Structural aesthetics in molecular nanoscience: a unique Ni26 cluster with a ‘rabbit-face’ topology and a discrete Ni18 ‘molecular chain’?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2014-10-09 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07192A

Abstract

The use of a previously unexplored Schiff-base ligand in Ni(II) carboxylate chemistry has afforded a Ni26 cluster with a record nuclearity that crystallizes with a unique ‘rabbit-face’-like topology, and a Ni18 compound that adopts an unusual ‘molecular chain’ structure.

Graphical abstract: Structural aesthetics in molecular nanoscience: a unique Ni26 cluster with a ‘rabbit-face’ topology and a discrete Ni18 ‘molecular chain’
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