From ethylzinc guanidinate to [Zn10O4]-supertetrahedron?

Dalton Transactions Pub Date: 2017-06-14 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT01619K

Abstract

The controlled hydrolysis of an ethylzinc guanidinate complex affording an alkylzinc cluster containing a [Zn10O4]12+ supertetrahedron core stabilized by the guanidinate ligands is described. Accompanying investigations on the reactivity of this unprecedented cluster toward alcohols resulted in the formation of a mononuclear zinc alkoxide supported by the guanidinate ligands.

Graphical abstract: From ethylzinc guanidinate to [Zn10O4]-supertetrahedron
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