The template effect of a SiF 6 2- guest drives the formation of a heteroleptic Fe(II) coordination helicate.
Nuria CapóLeoní A BarriosJoan CardonaJordi Ribas-AriñoSimon J TeatOlivier RoubeauGuillem AromíPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
The anion SiF 6 2- exerts a strong template effect, driving the exclusive assembly of two different bispyridylpyrazolyl ligands into a triple stranded Fe(II) dinuclear heteroleptic helicate, engendering a new class within the large family of coordination helicates.