A tetrahedron in a cube: a dodecanuclear ZnII benzoate cluster from the use of 2-pyridinealdoxime

Konstantis F. Konidaris; Eugenia Katsoulakou; Michalis Kaplanis; Vlasoula Bekiari; Aris Terzis; Catherine P. Raptopoulou; Evy Manessi-Zoupa; Spyros P. Perlepes

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A tetrahedron in a cube: a dodecanuclear Zn^II benzoatecluster from the use of 2-pyridinealdoxime†‡

Konstantis F. Konidaris,^a Eugenia Katsoulakou,^a Michalis Kaplanis,^a Vlasoula Bekiari,^b Aris Terzis,^c Catherine P. Raptopoulou,^c Evy Manessi-Zoupa*^a and Spyros P. Perlepes*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
E-mail: emane@upatras.gr, perlepes@patreas.upatras.gr
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^b Department of Aquaculture, Technological Educational Institute of Messolonghi, Messolonghi, Greece

^c Institute of Materials Science, NCSR “Demokritos”, Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Greece

Abstract

The reactions of 2-pyridinealdoxime with Zn(O₂CPh)₂·2H₂O have led to a mononuclear complex and a dodecanuclear cluster; the Zn₁₂ compound, whose metallic skeleton describes a tetrahedron encapsulated in a distorted cube, is the biggest Zn^II oxime cluster discovered to date and displays photoluminescence with a maximum at 354 nm upon maximum excitation at 314 nm.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B918885A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 11 Sep 2009
Accepted: 26 Nov 2009
First published: 15 Dec 2009

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Dalton Trans., 2010,39, 4492-4494

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A tetrahedron in a cube: a dodecanuclear Zn^II benzoate cluster from the use of 2-pyridinealdoxime

K. F. Konidaris, E. Katsoulakou, M. Kaplanis, V. Bekiari, A. Terzis, C. P. Raptopoulou, E. Manessi-Zoupa and S. P. Perlepes, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 4492 DOI: 10.1039/B918885A

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