Argent, StephenGreenaway, AlexGiménez López, María del CarmenLewis, WilliamNowell, HarriottKhlobystov, Andrei N.Blake, AlexanderChampness, NeilSchröder, Martin2024-02-012024-02-012012Argent, S.P., Greenaway, A., Gimenez-Lopez, M. C., Lewis, W., Nowell, H., Khlobystov, A. N., Blake, A. J., Champness, N. R., Schröder, M. (2012). High-Nuclearity Metal–Organic Nanospheres: A Cd66 Bal. "Journal of the American Chemical Society". vol. 134, 1, 55–580002-7863http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32179This document is the unedited author’s version of a submitted work that was subsequently accepted for publication in Journal of the American Chemical Society, copyright © 2011 American Chemical Society after peer review. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/ja207845uReaction of H3L with Cd(NO3)2·4H2O in DMF at 150 °C for 3 days affords the metal–organic nanosphere [Cd66(μ3-OH)28(μ3-O)16(μ5-NO3-O,O,O′,O′,O″,O″)12(L)20(μ2-DMF)12⊂(DMF)9]. The cluster is composed of a spherical shell of 66 Cd(II) cations bridged by 28 μ3-hydroxide, 16 μ3-oxo, and five μ5-NO3– anions surrounded by a shell of 20 tripodal capping ligands (L) and 12 DMF ligands. The 66 Cd(II) cations and 12 NO3– anions form a polydeltahedron that has 78 vertices [Cd(II) or NO3–] (V), 228 edges (E), and 152 triangular faces (F), giving it an Euler characteristic (χ) of 2 (χ = V + F – E). Reaction of H3L with Cd(NO3)2·4H2O at lower temperatures or with CdCl2 affords coordination polymer frameworks instead of nanospheres.engCC BY-NC-NDhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/AnionsCationsCluster chemistryLigandsNanospheres230321 Compuestos organometálicosjournal article10.1021/ja207845u1520-5126open access