GUEST-DEPENDENT [CD(CN)2]N HOST STRUCTURES OF CADMIUM CYANIDE ALCOHOL CLATHRATES - 2 NEW [CD(CN)2]N FRAMEWORKS FORMED WITH PRNOH AND PRIOH GUESTS

Abstract

Crystallization of Cd(CN)2 from the geometric isomers of propanol, Pr(n)OH and Pr(i)OH, yielded new cadmium cyanide clathrates whose [Cd(CN)2]n frameworks are topologically and geometrically different not only from those of all the previously known cadmium cyanide clathrates but also from each other: the former has both hexagonal and pentagonal channels whereas the latter has only pentagonal channels.