Construction and two-dimensional assembly of double-shell Na@Sn6L6@Sn3L3 clusters through tetrahedral citrate ligands†
Dongsheng Li,Jian Zhang,Lei Zhang
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 04/14/2022 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D2CC01824A
Abstract

Herein we report double-shell Na@Sn6L6@Sn3L3 clusters and their further assembly into a 2D layer, which belongs to a rare Sn-oxo coordination cage-based extended structure. Tetrahedral citrate ligands with multiple coordination sites play key roles in such hierarchical assembly.

Graphical abstract: Construction and two-dimensional assembly of double-shell Na@Sn6L6@Sn3L3 clusters through tetrahedral citrate ligands