A Concert of Weak Interactions Generates the Very Complex
{Cu(tmeda)[Au(CN)4]2}·/3H2O Structure

Katz, Michael J.; Kaluarachchi, Harini; Batchelor, Raymond J.; Schatte, Gabriele; Leznoff, Daniel B.

doi:10.1021/cg070557r.s001

A Concert of Weak Interactions Generates the Very Complex {Cu(tmeda)[Au(CN)4]2}·/3H2O Structure

https://doi.org/10.1021/cg070557r.s001
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posted on 2007-10-03, 00:00 authored by Michael J. Katz, Harini Kaluarachchi, Raymond J. Batchelor, Gabriele Schatte, Daniel B. Leznoff

An elaborate coordination polymer is formed using the weak Lewis-base [Au(CN)4]- coupled to a Jahn−Teller distorted CuII ion. Such structural complexity is inaccessible if a stronger structure-directing bonding interaction is present, as in the simpler NiII analog.