Hexanuclear [Ni 6 L 12] metallacrown framework consisting of NiS 4 square-planar and NiS 5 square-pyramidal building blocks

R Angamuthu, H Kooijman, M Lutz, AL Spek…

Index: Angamuthu, Raja; Kooijman, Huub; Lutz, Martin; Spek, Anthony L.; Bouwman, Elisabeth Dalton Transactions, 2007 , # 41 p. 4641 - 4643

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Abstract

The hexanuclear [Ni6L12](2) wheel-type cluster adopts an unusual structural motif whereby four NiS4 square-planar and two NiS5 square-pyramidal units are conjoined by edge sharing; the NiS5 units resemble the Ni centre of the inactive state in the [NiFe] hydrogenase.