This CrystEngComm Hot article describes the “liquid-assisted” solid-state synthesis of rutheniumIII/cobaltIII-Hbiim complexes.
The authors use a mechanochemical route and investigate the crystallisation mechanism.
They were particularly surprised to discover that ‘the phase obtained from the solid-state reaction may be different from that prepared from solution in some cases, even though they crystallize from an identical solution.’
Read the full paper to find out more about the surprising phase change observed…
Liquid-assisted solid-state reaction: assembly of (6,3) and (10,3) hydrogen-bonded networks based on [M(Hbiim)3] by oxidation of [M(H2biim)3]2+ complexes in the presence of acetate anions
Yu-Hui Tan, Li-Fei Yang, Man-Li Cao, Jin-Ji Wu and Bao-Hui Ye
CrystEngComm, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1CE00009H, Paper
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