Structure and magnetic properties of a novel copper halide framework {[tBuNH3]2[Cu3((mu)3-OH)((mu)2-H2O)Cl7]}n synthesized via in situ templation

The use of the tris(alkylamido)phosphate OP[N(H)tBu]3 as an in situ source of the templating agent [tBuNH3]^+ produces the copper halide chain {[tBuNH3]2[Cu3((mu)3-OH)((mu)2-H2O)Cl7]}n(1) in a solvothermal process; the novel antiferromagnetically coupled trinuclear fragment Cu3(OH)(H2O)Cl7 is the building block in the polymeric anion in 1.