Kinetic Versus Thermodynamic Metalation Enables Synthesis of Isostructural Homo- and Heterometallic Trinuclear Clusters
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Temperature-dependent metalation of the new hexadentate ligand (tris(5-(pyridin-2-yl)-1<i>H</i>-pyrrol-2-yl)methane; H<sub>3</sub>TPM) enables the selective synthesis of both mononuclear (<i>i.e. </i>Na(THF)<sub>4</sub>[Fe(TPM)], kinetic product) and trinuclear (<i>i.e.</i> Fe<sub>3</sub>(TPM)<sub>2</sub>, thermodynamic product) complexes. Exposure of Na(THF)<sub>4</sub>[Fe(TPM)] to FeCl<sub>2</sub> or ZnCl<sub>2</sub> triggers cluster expansion to generate homo- or heterometallic trinuclear complexes, respectively. The developed approach enables systematic variation of ion content in isostructural metal clusters via programmed assembly.
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Vol 116
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pp. 7401-7402
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2011 ◽
Vol 172-174
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pp. 1002-1007
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