Trading Templates: Supramolecular Transformations between {Co_(13)~Ⅱ} and {Co_(12)~Ⅱ} Nanoclusters

摘要

The design of polynuclear transition metal clusters remains motivated by the generation of new materials which display interesting magnetic or catalytic properties or can function as nanoelectronic components or metalloenzyme models. One crucial aspect of any approach to functional molecule-based materials is the ability to induce systematic transformations to a given molecular framework or supramolecular architecture, that is, to fine-tune electronic or magnetic properties. While this has been successfully demonstrated in, for example, a wide variety of polyoxometalate-based materials, step-by-step variations of high-nuclearity coordination compounds have been limited to few examples.