An Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Composite Featuring Metal-Chalcogenide Clusters

Author: Roland Bryan K.   Flora Ware H.   Carducci Michael D.   Armstrong Neal R.   Zheng Zhiping  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 1040-7278

Source: Journal of Cluster Science, Vol.14, Iss.4, 2003-12, pp. : 449-458

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Abstract

The cluster complex, “Re6(μ3-Se)8(PEt3)5(4-vinylpyridine)”(SbF6)2 (1), featuring the face-capped octahedral “Re6(μ3-Se)82+ cluster core and site-differentiating triethylphosphine and 4-vinylpyridine ligands has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The complex crystallized in monoclinic space group P21 with a=11.748(1)Å, b=15.1212(2)Å, c=19.941(2)Å, α=90°, β=94.411(3)°, γ=90°, V=3531.8(7)Å3, Z=2, R1=0.0531, wR2=0.0774. Copolymerization of styrene with 1 via the polymerizable 4-vinylpyridine ligand afforded a novel inorganic-organic hybrid composite of high molecular weight and a low polydispersity index. Structural integrity of the cluster building block is maintained upon hybrid formation.

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