Το work with title Anion-templated assembly of a supramolecular cage complex by Elefteria Psillakis, Michael D Ward, Jon A McCleverty, John C Jeffery, Charles‐Antoine Carraz, Karen LV Mann, James S Fleming is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Bibliographic Citation
J. S Fleming, K. LV Mann, C.A.Carraz, E.Psillakis, J. C Jeffery, J. A McCleverty, M.D Ward , "Anion-Templated Assembly of a Supramolecular Cage Complex ",Ang. chem. interna. edit.,vol.37,no.9 ,pp.1279-1281,1998.doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980518)37:9<1279::AID-ANIE1279>3.0.CO;2-Q
https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980518)37:9<1279::AID-ANIE1279>3.0.CO;2-Q
THe templating effect of the tetrafluoroborate ion leads to assembly of four CoII ions and six bridging ligands around this anion to give a tetrahedral complex with a bridging ligand along each edge and the anion trapped in the central cavity (shown below). Surprisingly under identical conditions but with NiII a simpler dinuclear complex forms.