Ni(ii) N4-macrocycle grafted crown ether: caesium cobalt(iii) bis(dicarbollide) coordination polymer

• DOI: 10.1039/b108162d
• Publication Date: 2002-07-26T09:03:40Z
• Authors: Nino Malic; Peter J. Nichols; Colin L. Raston
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

A mixture of a Ni(TMTAA) grafted crown ether and Cs[Co(C2B9H11)2] in toluene-CH2Cl2 affords a 1:1 complex, comprised of layers of infinite two-dimensional polymeric arrays separated by layers of the cobalticarborane anion which themselves form two B-H...Cs+ hydrogen interactions.