Click chemistry as a route to the synthesis of structurally new and magnetically interesting coordination clusters: a {Ni} complex with a trapezoidal prismatic topology.

The synthesis of a new {Ni-8} cluster bearing tetrazolate- and azido-bridging ligands, and supported by chelating alpha-methyl-2-pyridine-methanol (mpmH) groups, is described herein. The reported compound has a unique trapezoidal prismatic topology, resulting from an unexpected in situ click reaction between the MeCN reaction solvent and the N-3(-) ions under mild, room-temperature conditions. Such a click chemistry approach to the preparation of 0-D compounds is relatively unexplored and represents a fruitful strategy for the synthesis of new coordination clusters and molecule-based magnetic materials.