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Ball and Socket Assembly of Binary Superatomic Solids Containing Trinuclear Nickel Cluster Cations and Fulleride Anions
The superlattice
structures of hierarchical cluster solids are dictated by short-range
interactions between constituent building blocks. Here we show that
shape complementary sites, as well as halogen and chalcogen bonding
between exposed capping ligands and fullerides, govern the packing
arrangement of the resulting binary solids. Four new superatomic solids,
[Ni<sub>3</sub>(μ<sub>3</sub>-I)<sub>2</sub>(μ<sub>2</sub>-dppm)<sub>3</sub><sup>+</sup>]Â(C<sub>60</sub><sup>•‑</sup>) (<b>1·</b>C<sub>60</sub>), [Ni<sub>3</sub>(μ<sub>3</sub>-I)<sub>2</sub>(μ<sub>2</sub>-dppm)<sub>3</sub><sup>+</sup>]Â(C<sub>70</sub><sup>–</sup>)<sub>2</sub> (<b>1·</b>C<sub>70</sub>), [Ni<sub>3</sub>(μ<sub>3</sub>-Te)<sub>2</sub>(μ<sub>2</sub>-dppm)<sub>3</sub><sup>+</sup>]Â(C<sub>60</sub><sup>•‑</sup>) (<b>2·</b>C<sub>60</sub>),
and [Ni<sub>3</sub>(μ<sub>3</sub>-Te)<sub>2</sub>(μ<sub>2‑</sub>dppm)<sub>3</sub>]Â(C<sub>70</sub><sup>–</sup>)<sub>2</sub> (<b>2·</b>C<sub>70</sub>), (dppm = Ph<sub>2</sub>PCH<sub>2</sub>PPh<sub>2</sub>) were prepared and crystallized
from solution. All four compounds were characterized by single crystal
X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy, and SQUID magnetometry. Charge
transfer between the molecular clusters is confirmed via optical spectroscopy
and structural data. Compounds <b>1·</b>C<sub>60</sub> and <b>2·</b>C<sub>60</sub> are paramagnetic and 100 times more
conductive than the constituent cluster precursors. The obtained solids
exhibit close contacts, indicative of halogen/chalcogen bonds, between
the fulleride anions and the nickel cluster capping ligands (I/Te)
in the solid-state
Ferromagnetic Ordering in Superatomic Solids
In order to realize
significant benefits from the assembly of solid-state
materials from molecular cluster superatomic building blocks, several
criteria must be met. Reproducible syntheses must reliably produce
macroscopic amounts of pure material; the cluster-assembled solids
must show properties that are more than simply averages of those of
the constituent subunits; and rational changes to the chemical structures
of the subunits must result in predictable changes in the collective
properties of the solid. In this report we show that we can meet these
requirements. Using a combination of magnetometry and muon spin relaxation
measurements, we demonstrate that crystallographically defined superatomic
solids assembled from molecular nickel telluride clusters and fullerenes
undergo a ferromagnetic phase transition at low temperatures. Moreover,
we show that when we modify the constituent superatoms, the cooperative
magnetic properties change in predictable ways