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Crystal Engineering of Cyanoborate-Bridged Cubane-Type Tetranuclear Ru Complex: Synthesis, Pseudopolymorphism, and
Takumi Tominaga1, Ryota Inoue1, Ryo Sumitani1
1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-8501, Japan.
Abstract:
Cyanoborate anions are versatile bridging ligands that lead to structurally diverse compounds from a crystal engineering perspective. Herein, we report the synthesis of a cubane-type tetranuclear Ru complex, [Ru4(Cp)4{B(CN)4}4] (1, Cp = C5H5), obtained by photoirradiation of [Ru(Cp)(C6H6)]B(CN)4 in solution or by the reaction of [CpRu(MeCN)3]+ with KB(CN)4. This complex served as a host for various solvents, generating different pseudopolymorphs, including 1·nCH2Cl2 (n = 1, 2, 3), 1·0.5C6H6, 1·C6H5Me, and 1·3THF upon recrystallization. Moreover, the four free cyano groups in 1 allow it to act as a bridging ligand, facilitating the formation of 1D and 2D coordination polymers through reactions with transition metal complexes.
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