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    The new enneanuclear nickel carbonyl anion [Ni9(CO)16]2− and its relationships with the [Ni12(CO)21]4− and [Ni6Rh3(CO)17]3− clusters

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    The reaction of [N(PPh3)(2)](2)[Ni-6(CO)(12)] with Cu(PPh3)(x) Cl (x = 1, 2). as well as the degradation of [N(PPh3)(2)](2)[H2Ni12(CO)(21)] with PPh3, affords the new and unstable dark orange-brown [N(PPh3)(2)](2)[Ni-9(CO)(16)]. THF salt in low yields. This salt has been characterized by a CCD X-ray diffraction determination, along with IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The close-packed two-layer metal core geometry of the [Ni-9(CO)(16)](2) dianion is directly related to that of the bimetallic [Ni6Rh3(CO)(17)](3-) trianion and may be envisioned to be formally derived from the hcp three-layer geometry of [Ni-12(CO)(21)](4-) by the substitution of one of the two outer [Ni-3(CO)(3)(mu - CO)(3)](2-) layers with a face-bridging carbonyl group. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved

    Molecular Fe, CO and Ni carbide carbonyl clusters and Nanoclusters†

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    The present minireview highlights the work of our group on Fe, Co and Ni carbide carbonyl clusters and nanoclusters, placing it in the context of the recent literature. After a brief introduction, Section 2 gives a short summary on the general features of molecular carbide carbonyl clusters. Then, specific examples of Fe, Co and Ni carbide carbonyl clusters are presented in the following three Sections. Each Section includes both homometallic and heterometallic clusters, as well as discussion of some of their most relevant chemical, electrochemical, structural and physical properties. General conclusions are outlined in Section 6

    Synthesis and characterization of new paramagnetic nickel carbonyl clusters containing antimony atoms: X-ray structure of [NEt3CH2Ph]2[Ni15(μ12-Sb)(CO)24] and [NEt4]3[Ni10Sb2(μ12-Ni)(CO)18]

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    The reaction of the [Ni-6(CO)(12)](2-) dianion with SbCl3 in a 2.5:1 molar ratio leads to formation of the new [Ni-15(mu(12)Sb)(CO)(24)](2-), 1(2-), cluster with good selectivity. This has been conveniently separated from [Ni-9(CO)(18)](2-), [Ni-10(SbNi(Co)(3))(2)(mu(12)-Ni)(CO)(18)](n-), 2(n-), (n = 2, 3) and other side-products by differential solubility of their [NEt4](+) salts and isolated in 50-60% yields. The corresponding [NEt3CH2Ph](2)[1] salt was obtained from [NEt4](2)[1] by metathesis in acetonitrile with [NEt3CH2Ph]Cl and has been structurally characterized. The structure of 12- consists of a distorted Sb-centered Ni-12(mu(12)-Sb) icosahedral moiety, capped by three Ni atoms on three adjacent triangular faces. The 1(2-) dianion is moderately stable to oxidation and has been electrochemically reduced to the corresponding tri-, tetra- and penta-anion; these electrogenerated species are stable only on the timescale of cyclic voltammetry. The 1(2-) dianion is readily degraded upon exposure to an atmosphere of carbon monoxide to a mixture of Ni(CO)(4) and a yet uncharacterized red-violet intermediate, which has been tentatively formulated as the [Ni6Sb(CO)(x)](2-) dianion on the basis of its spectroscopic features. The above mixture converts under nitrogen into the known 2(n-) (n = 3, 4), through the intermediate formation of the new [Ni10Sb2(mu(12)-Ni)(CO)(18)](n-), 3(n-), (n = 3, 4) species. Pure 3(3-) has been obtained by degradation of 2(3-) with two equivalents of triphenylphosphine by elimination of two equivalents of Ni(CO)(3)(PPh3) and has been structurally characterized in its tetraethylammonium salt. The Ni-centered icosahedral 3(3-) trianion shows a chemical and electrochemical redox propensity comparable to that of the parent 2(3-) compound and is readily transformed in its corresponding 3(2-) and 3(4-) anions upon oxidation and reduction, respectively. Systematic observation of apparently exceptional electron counts and redox propensity by the above Ni-centered icosahedral clusters validate the previous attribution of these properties to the presence of interstitial nickel atoms and concomitant stabilization imparted by the peripheral antimony heteroatoms. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved
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