CO2 as a reaction ingredient for the construction of metal cages: a carbonate-panelled [Gd6Cu3] tridiminished icosahedron†
Thomas N. Hooper,Ross Inglis,Maria A. Palacios,Gary S. Nichol,Mateusz B. Pitak,Simon J. Coles,Giulia Lorusso,Marco Evangelisti,Euan K. Brechin
Abstract
A CO32−-panelled [GdIII6CuII3] cage conforming to a tridiminished icosahedron is synthesised by bubbling CO2 through a solution of GdIII and CuII ions.
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