Crystal structure of an unknown solvate of dodecakis-(μ2-alaninato-1:2κ(2) O:N,O)cerium(III)hexa-nickel(II) aqua-tris-(hydroxido-κO)tris-(nitrato-κ(2) O,O')cerate(III).

ABSTRACT: The chiral title compound, [CeNi6(C3H6NO2)12][Ce(NO3)3(OH)3(H2O)], comprises a complex heterometallic Ni/Ce cation and a homonuclear Ce anion. Both the cation and anion exhibit point group symmetry 3. with the Ce(III) atom situated on the threefold rotation axis. The cation metal core consists of six Ni(II) atoms coordinated in a slightly distorted octa-hedral N2O4 configuration by N and O atoms of 12 deprotonated l-alaninate ligands exhibiting both bridging and chelating modes. This metal-organic coordination motif encapsulates one Ce(III) atom that shows an icosa-hedral coordination by the O-donor atoms of the l-alaninate ligands, with Ce-O distances varying in the range 2.455 (5)-2.675 (3) Å. In the anion, the central Ce(III) ion is bound to three bidentate nitrate ligands, to three hyd

SUBMITTER: Bezzubov SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4647412 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature