TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sperlich, Eric
A1  - Köckerling, Martin
T1  - The double cluster compound [Nb6Cl14(MeCN)(4)] [Nb6Cl14(pyz)(4)].6MeCN (Me: methyl, pyz: pyrazine) with a layered structure resulting from weak intermolecular interactions
T2  - Zeitschrift für Naturforschung
N2  - The synthesis and the crystal structure of the double cluster compound [Nb6Cl14(MeCN)(4)][Nb6Cl14(pyz)(4)]middot6CH(3)CN are described. The synthesis is based on a partial ligand exchange reaction, which proceeds upon dissolving [Nb6Cl14(pyz)(4)]middot2CH(2)Cl(2) in acetonitrile. The compound is built up of two discrete neutral cluster units, which consist of octahedra of Nb-6 atoms coordinated by 12 edge-bridging chlorido and two terminal chlorido ligands, and four acetonitrile ligands on one and four pyrazine ligands on the other cluster unit. Co-crystallized acetonitrile molecules are also present. The single-crystal structure determination has revealed a cluster arrangement in which the [Nb6Cl14(pyz)(4)] units are connected by (halogen) lone-pair-(pyrazine) pi interactions. These lead to chains of [Nb6Cl14(pyz)(4)] clusters. These chains are further connected to cluster layers by (nitrile-halogen) dipole-dipole interactions, in which the [Nb6Cl14(MeCN)(4)] and co-crystallized MeCN molecules are also involved. These cluster layers are arranged parallel to the crystallographic {011} plane.
KW  - cluster
KW  - crystal structure
KW  - dipole-dipole interaction
KW  - halide
KW  - lone-pair-pi interactions
KW  - niobium
Y1  - 2023
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/63414
SN  - 0932-0776
SN  - 1865-7117
VL  - 78
IS  - 5
SP  - 279
EP  - 283
PB  - De Gruyter
CY  - Berlin
ER  -