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Preparation of a Corannulene-functionalized Hexahelicene by Copper(I)-catalyzed Alkyne-azide Cycloaddition of Nonplanar Polyaromatic Units
Published on: September 18, 2016
catena-Poly[[tribenzyl-tin(IV)]-μ-4-nitro-cinnamato-κO:O']
Pui Yee Thong1, Kong Mun Lo, Seik Weng Ng
1Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Abstract:
The 4-nitro-cinnamate anion in the title compound, [Sn(C(7)H(7))(3)(C(9)H(6)NO(4))](n), bridges adjacent tribenzyl-tin cations into a helical chain running along the b axis. The Sn atoms in the two independent mol-ecules adopt distorted trans-C(3)SnO(2) trigonal-bipyramidal geometries. The repeat distance of the polymeric chain is b/2.
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Isomers are different chemical species that have the same chemical formula. Structural isomerism of coordination compounds can be divided into two subcategories, the linkage isomers and coordination-sphere isomers.
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