Two bimetallic tetranuclear three-blade propeller shaped complexes with helical water chains: Crystal structures, second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) properties and thermal decomposition mechanisms

Wei Hua Yu, Xiao Zu Wang, Yun Xia Sui, Xiao Ming Ren, Qing Jin Meng

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Abstract

Two isostructural bimetallic tetranuclear chiral complexes, [K(18-crown-6)]3[Fe(ox)3] · 9H2O and [K(18-crown-6)]3[Cr(ox)3] · 9H2O, crystallize in rhombohedral R3 space group, the tetranuclear cluster is respectively built from one [Fe(ox)3]3- or [Cr(ox)3]3- species with three K(18-crown-6 ether) supramolecular cations linked by oxalate groups, and lattice water molecules form the double helical chains. Two complexes are second-harmonic-generation (SHG) active with the SHG response about 0.5 times that of urea.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)799-801
Number of pages3
JournalInorganic Chemistry Communications
Volume11
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2008

Keywords

  • Crystal structure
  • Double helical water chain
  • NLO
  • Tetranuclear cluster

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