Three Giant Lanthanide Clusters Ln<sub>37</sub> (Ln = Gd, Tb, and Eu) Featuring A Double-Cage Structure
- Yang Zhou (65942)
- Xiu-Ying Zheng (3392243)
- Jing Cai (112307)
- Zi-Feng Hong (3719161)
- Zhi-Hao Yan (1415467)
- Xiang-Jian Kong (1697383)
- Yan-Ping Ren (1697386)
- La-Sheng Long (1591432)
- Lan-Sun Zheng (1412353)
DOIAbstract
Three homometallic high-nuclearity clusters, formulated as [(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>@Ln<sub>37</sub>(LH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>8</sub>(CH<sub>3</sub>COO)<sub>21</sub>(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>12</sub>(μ<sub>3</sub>-OH)<sub>41</sub>(μ<sub>2</sub>-H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>5</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>40</sub>]·(ClO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>21</sub>·(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>100</sub> (abbreviated as Ln<sub>37</sub>, Ln = Gd (<b>1</b>); Tb (<b>2</b>); Eu (<b>3</b>), LH<sub>3</sub> = 1,2,3-cyclohexanetriol) and featuring a double cage-like structure, were obtained through the reaction of 1,2,3-cyclohexanetriol, acetate ligand, and Ln(ClO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub>. The largest odd-numbered lanthanide cluster Gd<sub>37</sub> exhibits an entropy change (−Δ<i>S</i><sub>m</...
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