Bonding Features and Magnetic Ordering in Thiolate-Bridged Copper-Nickel Clusters Synthesized at Elevated Temperature.

ABSTRACT: Atomically-precise heterometallic nickel-based clusters are an emerging class of functional nanomaterials with intriguing optical and magnetic properties. However, synthetic challenges restrict their exploration in comparison to heterometallic coinage metal-based nanoclusters. This study presents a single-step synthesis of the two new thiolate-bridged copper-nickel cluster compounds [Cu₂Ni₆S₃(MCP)₆] (1) and [Cu₂Ni₆(MCP)₁₂I₂] (2) (MCPH = 2-mercaptopyridine; MCP = deprotonated 2-mercaptopyridine) at an elevated temperature. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that 1 is composed of polymeric strands of linked cluster units. Each of the units exhibit a bicapped trigonal prismatic {Cu₂Ni

SUBMITTER: Jana A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12462566 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature