Molecular species containing persistent voids. Template synthesis and characterization of a series of lacunar-nickel (II) complexes and the corresponding free ligands

DH Busch, DJ Olszanski, JC Stevens…

Index: Bush,D.H.; Olszanski,D.J.; Stevens,J.C. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1981 , vol. 103, p. 1472

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Abstract: A new family of lacunar ligands has been synthesized in the form of their nickel (I1) complexes by a template process. The new species were designed to provide a protected void, or cavity, in the vicinity of a coordination site in order to facilitate the binding of small molecules to the metal ion. The nature of the ligand greatly limits collapse of the cavity, and the height and flexibility of the roof vary with the length of the homologous bridging group ...