Cubane and dicubane complexes stabilised by sterically demanding m-terphenyl ligands†
Benjamin M. Gridley,Toby J. Blundell,Graeme J. Moxey,William Lewis,Alexander J. Blake,Deborah L. Kays
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 09/10/2013 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C3CC46384B
Abstract
The reaction between sterically demanding m-terphenyl lithiate complexes and cadmium dihalides yields unusual cubanes where changes in ligand bulk afford different formulations, in particular a rare heterodicubane structure.
