Chemical reaction within a compact non-porous crystal containing molecular clusters without the loss of crystallinity.

ABSTRACT: The very rare occurrence of a gas-solid chemical reaction has been found to take place on a molecule within a compact non-porous crystal without destroying its long-range structural order and retaining similar crystal structures when yellow crystals of FeII4(mbm)₄Cl₄(MeOH)₄ were exposed to air to give black [FeIII4(mbm)₄Cl₄(OH)₄]·2H₂O. The latter cannot be synthesised directly. The original cluster underwent an exchange of methanol to hydroxide, an oxidation of Fe(ii) to Fe(iii), a change in stereochemistry and hydration while the packing and space-group remained unaltered.

SUBMITTER: Zhang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5609145 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature