Squeezing the [Cu-OH...H2O-Cu]3+ bridge by cryptate encapsulation
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Treatment of cryptand L(1) with Cu(II) generates a H3O2(-)-bridged dicopper(II) cryptate, 2, where the guest anion has responded to steric constraint by a significant shortening of the O-O distance to 2.325(9) A; computational optimization at the B3LYP/6-31(d) level suggests that the bridging O-H...O H-bond is bent (approximately 157 degrees) but that the barrier to interchange of the bridging H atom is low (
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Inorganic Chemistry |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 17 |
| Pages (from-to) | 5987-9 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISSN | 0020-1669 |
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| Publication status | Published - 22 Aug 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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