Template synthesis of polyiodide belt at a metal complex cation: structure of [([16]aneS4)M–I–M([16]aneS4)]3+[I5]2i(M = Pd, Pt) incorporating a symmetric linear M–I–M bridge ([16]aneS4= 1,5,9,13-tetrathiacyclohexadecane)

Abstract
Reaction of [M([16]aneS4)][PF6]2 with NBun 4I3 affords the binucleas species [([16]aneS4)M–I–M([16]aneS4)]3+(M = Pd, Pt) incorporating a highly unusual linear M–I–M moiety within a conformationally constrained environment: the counter anion, which can be regarded formally as two I5 and One I or alternatively as two I3 , two I2 and one I, forms a belt around the complex cation with the metal-bridging I placed at its centre.

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