A novel bimetallic cage complex constructed from six V4Co pentatomic rings: hydrothermal synthesis and crystal structure of [(2,2′-Py2NH)2Co]3V8O 23Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: rotatable 3-D crystal structure diagrams of 1 in CHIME format. Fig. S1: another view of the packing of cage 1 in three-dimensional space. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b1/b104273b/

Abstract

A bimetallic cluster complex, [(2,2′-Py₂NH)₂Co]₃V₈O ₂₃ (2,2′-Py₂NH = 2,2′-dipyridylamine) 1, has been hydrothermally synthesized; X-ray crystallography reveals that 1 possesses a novel cage topology structure in which the metal cluster core is constructed from six V₄Co pentatomic rings.