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Potassium-Crownether Host–Guest Cation Directing the Assembly of a Unique Eicosanuclear Supra-Cubic Cage-Like W/S/Cu Cluster

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A unique eicosanuclear heterothiometallic W/S/Cu octameric cluster [K(dibenzo-18-crown-6)(DMF)(CH3CN)]4[W8S32Cu12] (1), induced by potassium-crownether host–guest cation, was synthesized by the reaction of (NH4)2WS4, CuI, KI, dibenzo-18-crown-6 in DMF. 1 was characterized by elemental analyses, IR, UV–Vis, thermogravimetric analyses (TGA), X-ray powder and single crystal diffractions. The cation of 1 has the host–guest configuration, where K+ is embeded in the center of dibenzo-18-crown-6. The anionic architecture of 1 exhibits a supra-cubic cage, constructed by four nest-shaped clusters [W(µ1-S)(µ3-S)3Cu3]+ and four flywheel-shaped clusters [W(µ2-S)3(µ4-S)Cu3]+ linking each other through shared Cu atoms.

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This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50925207, 51172100), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2011DFG52970), the Ministry of Education of China for the Changjiang Innovation Research Team (IRT1064), the Ministry of Education and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs for the 111 Project (B13025), Jiangsu Innovation Research Team, Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20140163) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JUSRP1022).

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    Jin-Fang Zhang, Wei-Tao Chen, Yin-Lin Wang & Chi Zhang

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    Jin-Fang Zhang & Chi Zhang

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Zhang, JF., Chen, WT., Wang, YL. et al. Potassium-Crownether Host–Guest Cation Directing the Assembly of a Unique Eicosanuclear Supra-Cubic Cage-Like W/S/Cu Cluster. J Clust Sci 26, 973–982 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-014-0789-y

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