Solvent-Mediated Central Metals Transformation from a Tetranuclear Ni<sup>II</sup> Cage to a Decanuclear Cu<sup>II</sup> “Pocket” Fangfang Pan Jie Wu Hongwei Hou Yaoting Fan 10.1021/cg1002868.s002 https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Solvent_Mediated_Central_Metals_Transformation_from_a_Tetranuclear_Ni_sup_II_sup_Cage_to_a_Decanuclear_Cu_sup_II_sup_Pocket_/2737162 When a well-designed tetranuclear Ni<sup>II</sup> cage [Ni<sub>4</sub>(bppdca)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>bppdca)<sub>4</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>6</sub>]·H<sub>2</sub>O·CH<sub>3</sub>OH (<b>1</b>; H<sub>2</sub>bppdca = <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>′-bis(pyridin-3-yl)-2,6-pyridinedicarbox-amide) was immersed into the methanol solution of CuSO<sub>4</sub>, a novel decanuclear Cu<sup>II</sup> complex [Cu<sub>10</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>bppdca)<sub>4</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>8</sub>(μ<sub>3</sub>OH)<sub>4</sub>(CH<sub>3</sub>OH)(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>4</sub>]·11H<sub>2</sub>O·2CH<sub>3</sub>OH (<b>2</b>) would be obtained through central metals transformation. We propose that the transformation is a recurrent dissolving−exchange−crystallization process with a solvent-mediated mechanism confirmed by visual evidence. Direct reaction of H<sub>2</sub>bppdca and CuSO<sub>4</sub> in the absence of <b>1</b> affords different products. 2010-09-01 00:00:00 Tetranuclear NiII Cage Metals metals transformation Direct reaction H 2bppdca novel decanuclear CuII mechanism Transformation evidence Central Decanuclear tetranuclear NiII cage CuSO 4 methanol solution absence