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Self-Assembly of an Octanuclear High-Spin FeII Molecular Cage

Feng Li A D , Natasha F. Sciortino B , Jack K. Clegg C , Suzanne M. Neville B and Cameron J. Kepert B
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A School of Science and Health, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.

B School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

C School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: feng.li@uws.edu.au

Australian Journal of Chemistry 67(11) 1625-1628 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH14404
Submitted: 20 June 2014  Accepted: 10 July 2014   Published: 22 September 2014

Abstract

A discrete octanuclear high-spin FeII cage [Fe8L12](BF4)16·n(solvent) was synthesised via metal ion-directed self-assembly. The cage formation is facilitated by incorporating a relatively flexible ditopic ligand with chelating pyrazolyl–pyridine functional units. The synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of this metallo-cage are presented.


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