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Tetrahedral M4(?4-O) Motifs Beyond Zn: Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of Oxido-Amidate Clusters via a Transmetalation/Hydrolysis Approach

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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 61, Issue 20, Pages 7869-7877

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00456

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  1. National Science Centre Poland PRELUDIUM 10 [2015/19/N/ST5/02263]
  2. National Science Centre Poland OPUS 21 [2021/41/B/ST4/04414]

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This study presents an efficient approach for synthesizing homometallic clusters incorporating divalent transition-metal centers. The resulting complexes were characterized and analyzed for their structural and magnetic properties. The developed synthetic procedure holds promise for the development of new functional materials with interesting optoelectronic and self-assembly properties.
While zinc mu(4)-oxido-centered complexes are widely used as versatile precursors and building units of functional materials, the synthesis of their analogues based on other transition metals is highly underdeveloped. Herein, we present the first efficient systematic approach for the synthesis of homometallic [M-4(mu(4)-O)L-6]-type clusters incorporating divalent transition-metal centers, coated by bridging monoanionic organic ligands. As a proof of concept, we prepared a series of charge-neutral metal-oxido benzamidates, [M-4(mu(4)-O) (NHCOPh)(6)] (M = Fe, Co, Zn), including iron(II) and cobalt(II) clusters not accessible before. The resulting complexes were characterized using elemental analysis, FTIR spectroscopy, magnetic measurements, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Detailed structural analysis showed interesting self-assembly of the tetrahedral clusters into 2D honeycomb-like supramolecular layers driven by hydrogen bonds in the proximal secondary coordination sphere. Moreover, we modeled the magnetic properties of new iron (II) and cobalt (II) clusters, which display a general tendency for antiferromagnetic coupling of the mu(4)-O/mu-benzamidate-bridged metal centers. The developed synthetic procedure is potentially easily extensible to other M(II)-oxido systems, which will likely pave the way to new oxido clusters with interesting optoelectronic and self-assembly properties and, as a result, will allow for the development of new functional materials not achievable before.

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