New routes to high nuclearity clusters: fluoride-based octametallic and tridecametallic clusters of manganese

Leigh F Jones; Euan K Brechin; David Collison; James Raftery; Simon J Teat

doi:10.1021/ic034979b

New routes to high nuclearity clusters: fluoride-based octametallic and tridecametallic clusters of manganese

Inorg Chem. 2003 Nov 3;42(22):6971-3. doi: 10.1021/ic034979b.

Authors

Leigh F Jones¹, Euan K Brechin, David Collison, James Raftery, Simon J Teat

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.

PMID: 14577758
DOI: 10.1021/ic034979b

Abstract

The reaction of MnF(3) with 5,6-dimethylbenzotriazole (Me(2)BTAH) gives the [Mn(III)(8)] complex [Mn(8)O(4)(OMe)(2)(Me(2)BTA)(6)F(8)(Me(2)BTAH)(MeOH)(8)] and the [Mn(IV)(3)Mn(III)(10)] complex [Mn(13)O(12)(Me(2)BTA)(12)F(6)(MeOH)(10)(H(2)O)(2)]. The octametallic species is an "intermediate" in the formation of the tridecametallic cluster.