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Large heterometallic coordination cages with gyrobifastigium-like geometry
Rosario Scopelliti, Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Euro Solari, Giacomo Cecot, Stéphanie Prior, Bassam Alameddine
2016
Journal paper
2016
Journal paper
Abstract
Large coordination cages with unusual gyrobifastigium-like geometry were obtained by combining cis-blocked PtII or PdII complexes with clathrochelate-based metalloligands
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