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338 Alkoxo and Aryloxo Derivatives of Metals<br />

one form (monoclinic) the potassium is further coordinated by two chelating DME<br />

⊲CH3OC2H4OMe⊳ ligands and in the other (triclinic) the K ion is bonded to one<br />

bidentate and one monodentate DME. 481 With Sn(IV) a helical polymer chain is formed<br />

of alternating four-coordinated K and five-coordinated (TBP) Sn linked by double<br />

alkoxo bridges [K⊲ -OBu t ⊳4Sn⊲OBu t ⊳]n. 482<br />

With the tervalent non-transition metals Sb and Bi the chain polymers [K⊲ -OBu t ⊳4M 0 ]n<br />

(M 0 D Sb, Bi) and formed; the KO4 units have square planar configurations and the M 0 O4<br />

units display 9-trigonal bipyramidal structures. 483<br />

In [⊲ , 2 -dioxane⊳K2⊲ 3-OBu t ⊳2⊲ -OBu t ⊳3Sb] the K2SbO5 unit involves a trigonal<br />

pyramid of oxygens with the metal ions inserted in the three equatorial edges giving<br />

four-coordinated Sb(II) atoms. The dioxane ligands bridge across the K2SbO5 units to<br />

generate a polymer and give the potassium atoms five-coordination. 483<br />

3.2 Magnesium, Strontium, or Barium Bimetallic <strong>Alkoxides</strong><br />

3.2.1 Magnesium<br />

Several magnesium heterometal alkoxides have been reported. The complex<br />

[⊲ 2 -dioxane⊳2Mg⊲ -OMe⊳4Al2Me4]n (Table 4.18, pp. 348–352) is an infinite polymer<br />

in which the trinuclear MgAl 2 O4 units are crosslinked by bridging dioxane ligands<br />

giving the Mg atom an octahedral configuration and the Al atoms a pseudo-tetrahedral<br />

coordination. 485<br />

In the hexanuclear complex [Mg 2 ⊲ 3-OEt⊳4⊲ -OEt⊳4⊲ -Cl⊳4Ti4⊲OEt⊳8] all of the<br />

metals are in distorted octahedral configurations with the two halves of the<br />

molecule held together by an edge-sharing Mg 2 ⊲ -Cl⊳2 bridge. 486 A large family of<br />

trinuclear molecules [M 0 ⊲ -OBu t ⊳3M⊲ -OBu t ⊳3M 0 ](MD Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba; M 0 D Ge,<br />

Sn, Pb) has been reported. The central metal, as in [Ge⊲OBu t ⊳3Mg⊲OBu t ⊳3Ge], is<br />

octahedral and the outer metals are three-coordinated (pyramidal). 487 An interesting<br />

variation on this theme is the linear tetranuclear bimetallic homoleptic complexes<br />

[Bu t O⊳M 0 ⊲ -OBu t ⊳2M⊲ -OBu t ⊳2M⊲ -OBu t ⊳2M 0 ⊲OBu t ⊳], (M D Mg, M 0 D Sn; M D<br />

Cr, M 0 D Sn; M D Mn, M 0 D Sn; M D Co, M 0 D Ge, Sn; M D Ni, M 0 D Ge, Sn)<br />

in which M is in a distorted tetrahedral configuration and M 0 is three-coordinated<br />

(pyramidal). 523 Also of special interest are the pentanuclear trimetallic mixed ligand<br />

alkoxo complexes [Mf⊲ -OBu t ⊳3M 0 M 00 ⊲CO⊳x g2] (MD Sr, M 0 D Sn, M 00 D Fe, x D 4;<br />

M D Ba, M 0 D Sn, M 00 D Cr, x D 5) in which the central metal M is octahedrally<br />

coordinated whilst M 0 and M 00 are joined by a metal–metal bond. 524<br />

The homoleptic hexanuclear magnesium antimony(III) complex [Mg 2 ⊲ 3-OEt⊳2⊲ -<br />

OEt⊳8Sb4⊲OEt⊳6] has a core of two edge-sharing MgO 6 octahedra with edge-bridging<br />

(EtO)Sb⊲ -OEt⊳2 units chelating each Mg and tridentate EtOSb⊲ 3-OEt⊳⊲ -OEt⊳2 units<br />

bridging the two Mg atoms. 488 The “bent” ⊲Al �MgAl D 141.6 Ž ⊳ trinuclear complex<br />

[⊲Pr i OH⊳2Mg⊲ -OPr i ⊳4Al2⊲OPr i ⊳4] hascis-octahedral Mg and tetrahedral Al. 489 One<br />

of the terminal Pr i O groups on each Al is hydrogen bonded to a Pr i OH which is<br />

coordinated to the magnesium.<br />

3.2.2 Strontium<br />

Strontium, cadmium, and hafnium are present in the remarkable trimetallic octanuclear<br />

complex [Sr2Cd2Hf4⊲OPr i ⊳24] (Fig. 4.61). 200 This centrosymmetric molecule has

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