Metal Exchange within a Body-Centred Cubic Hydrogen-Bonded Network

Brendan F. Abrahams; Nicholas J. FitzGerald; Timothy A. Hudson; Richard Robson; Richard D. Shalders

doi:10.1071/CH06334

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Metal Exchange within a Body-Centred Cubic Hydrogen-Bonded Network

Brendan F. Abrahams ^A ^B , Nicholas J. FitzGerald ^A , Timothy A. Hudson ^A , Richard Robson ^A ^B and Richard D. Shalders ^A

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^A School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010, Australia.

^B Corresponding authors. Email: bfa@unimelb.edu.au; r.robson@unimelb.edu.au

Australian Journal of Chemistry 60(1) 68-71 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH06334
Submitted: 14 September 2006 Accepted: 12 December 2006 Published: 29 January 2007

Abstract

A hydrogen bonded network of composition Zn₈(C₄O₇)₄(H₂O)₁₂·hydrate was shown to undergo a single crystal to single crystal exchange process when crystals are immersed in a concentrated aqueous solution of Ni(ii). In the exchange process, half of the zinc(ii) centres are replaced by nickel(ii) centres. The process of metal ion exchange was monitored using IR spectroscopy. Crystal structures of the transformed crystal and the product generated from a direct synthetic approach are presented.

Acknowledgment

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Australian Research Council.

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Metal Exchange within a Body-Centred Cubic Hydrogen-Bonded Network

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