Isolated zirconium centres captured from aqueous solution: the structure of zirconium mandelate revealed from NMR crystallography.

Isolated zirconium centres captured from aqueous solution: the structure of zirconium mandelate revealed from NMR crystallography.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Aug 03;:
Authors: Crosland JM, Corlett EK, Scapens D, Guillou N, Brown SP, Walton RI
Abstract
Zirconium tetramandelate (2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetate) has been used for selective gravimetric analysis of zirconium for over 70 years. Herein its crystal structure is reported from synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction and 13C solid-state NMR. The complex is a rare example of isolated zirconium cations, rather than the clusters prevalent in aqueous solutions.
PMID: 32744549 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chemical Communications - August 2, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Crosland JM, Corlett EK, Scapens D, Guillou N, Brown SP, Walton RI Tags: Chem Commun (Camb) Source Type: research