Oxidopolyborate chemistry: The self-assembled,templated, synthesis,and an XRD study of a 1-D coordination polymer, [Cu(en){B6O7(OH)6}].3H2O (en = 1,2-diaminoethane) |
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| Authors: | Mohammed A. Altahan Simon J. Coles Peter N. Horton |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom;2. Faculty of Engineering and the Environment Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Abstract[Cu(en){B6O7(OH)6}].3H2O (1) (en = 1,2-diaminoethane), obtained as a crystalline solid in low yield (31%) after prolonged standing of an aqueous solution initially containing [Cu(en)2](OH)2 and B(OH)3 (1:7 ratio), was characterized by thermal analysis (TGA/DSC), 11B NMR and IR spectroscopy, powder XRD, and single-crystal XRD studies, and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction revealed that the oxidoborate complex is a 1D coordination polymer with the hexaborate(2-) ligand bridging two hexacoordinate Cu(II) centers, in an alternating a fac-tridentate (κ3-O) and monodentate (κ1-O) arrangement. Cu-O coordination bonds and extensive H-bonding networks promote and stabilize the self-assembly of [Cu(en){B6O7(OH)6}].3H2O from the Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries of available reactants. [Cu(en){B6O7(OH)6}].3H2O is thermally decomposed to CuB6O10 in air at 700?°C. |
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| Keywords: | Copper(2+) complex 1D coordination polymer hexaborate(2) oxidoborate polyborate |
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