The one-electron oxidized linear pentanuclear nickel complexes[Ni
5(tpda)
4(H
2O)(BF
4)](BF
4)
2 (
1) and [Ni
5(tpda)
4(SO
3CF
3)
2](SO
3CF
3)(
2) have been synthesized by reacting the neutral comp
ound[Ni
5(tpda)
4Cl
2] with the corresponding silver salts. These comp
oundshave been characterized by vari
ous spectroscopic techniques.Comp
ound
1 crystallizes in the monoclinic space gr
oup
P2
1/
n with
a = 15.3022(1) Å,
b = 31.0705(3) Å,
c = 15.8109(2) Å,
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=92.2425(4)
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,
V = 7511.49(13) Å
3,
Z = 4, and comp
ound
2crystallizes in the monoclinic space gr
oup
C2/
c with
a = 42.1894(7)Å,
b = 17.0770(3) Å,
c = 21.2117(4) Å,
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= 102.5688(8)
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,
V =14916.1(5) Å
3,
Z = 8. X-ray structural studies reveal anunsymmetrical Ni
5 unit for both comp
ounds
1 and
2. Comp
ounds
1 and
2 show stronger Ni-Ni interactions as compared to thoseof the neutral comp
ounds.