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Using Ce(III) as both a representative lanthanide and actinide analog, the ability of mixtures of acidic and basic azoles to allow direct access to homoleptic N-donor f-element complexes in one pot reactions from hydrated salts as starting materials was examined by reacting mixtures of 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz), 5-amino-tetrazole (5-NH2-HTetaz), and 1,2,3-triazole (1,2,3-HTriaz) in 1:1 and 1:3 ratios with CeCl3 center dot 7H(2)O, [C(2)mim](3)[CeCl6] ([C(2)mim](+) = 1-ethyl-2-methylimidazolium), and Ce(NO3)(3)center dot 6H(2)O. Although unsuccessful in our goal, structural analysis revealed that neutral 4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz is structure directing via eta(2)mu(2)kappa(2) bridging, with the formation of the dinuclear complexes [Ce2Cl2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(H2O)(8)]Cl-4 center dot 4H(2)O, [Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(Cl)(6)], and [4-NH2-1,2,4-HTriaz][Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(mu(2)-NO3)(NO3)(6)(H2O)(2)]. When the synthetic conditions favored hydrolysis, the hexanuclear Ce(III) complex [Ce-6(mu(3)-O)(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(mu(3)-Cl)(2)(Cl)(6)(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(12)]center dot 7H(2)O was isolated. This unexpected hydrolysis product represents the first example of a high nuclearity lanthanide complex where all Ln atoms are pairwise connected through 12 N-donor ligands or 12 neutral bridging ligands of any type, a rare example of incorporation of non-oxo coordinating anions in the M6X8 core, and the first reported Ce(III) hexanuclear complex of this type.

Using Ce(III) as both a representative lanthanide and actinide analog, the ability of mixtures of acidic and basic azoles to allow direct access to homoleptic N-donor f-element complexes in one pot reactions from hydrated salts as starting materials was examined by reacting mixtures of 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz), 5-amino-tetrazole (5-NH2-HTetaz), and 1,2,3-triazole (1,2,3-HTriaz) in 1:1 and 1:3 ratios with CeCl3 center dot 7H(2)O, [C(2)mim](3)[CeCl6] ([C(2)mim](+) = 1-ethyl-2-methylimidazolium), and Ce(NO3)(3)center dot 6H(2)O. Although unsuccessful in our goal, structural analysis revealed that neutral 4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz is structure directing via eta(2)mu(2)kappa(2) bridging, with the formation of the dinuclear complexes [Ce2Cl2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(H2O)(8)]Cl-4 center dot 4H(2)O, [Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(Cl)(6)], and [4-NH2-1,2,4-HTriaz][Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(mu(2)-NO3)(NO3)(6)(H2O)(2)]. When the synthetic conditions favored hydrolysis, the hexanuclear Ce(III) complex [Ce-6(mu(3)-O)(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(mu(3)-Cl)(2)(Cl)(6)(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(12)]center dot 7H(2)O was isolated. This unexpected hydrolysis product represents the first example of a high nuclearity lanthanide complex where all Ln atoms are pairwise connected through 12 N-donor ligands or 12 neutral bridging ligands of any type, a rare example of incorporation of non-oxo coordinating anions in the M6X8 core, and the first reported Ce(III) hexanuclear complex of this type.

Using Ce(III) as both a representative lanthanide and actinide analog, the ability of mixtures of acidic and basic azoles to allow direct access to homoleptic N-donor f-element complexes in one pot reactions from hydrated salts as starting materials was examined by reacting mixtures of 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz), 5-amino-tetrazole (5-NH2-HTetaz), and 1,2,3-triazole (1,2,3-HTriaz) in 1:1 and 1:3 ratios with CeCl3 center dot 7H(2)O, [C(2)mim](3)[CeCl6] ([C(2)mim](+) = 1-ethyl-2-methylimidazolium), and Ce(NO3)(3)center dot 6H(2)O. Although unsuccessful in our goal, structural analysis revealed that neutral 4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz is structure directing via eta(2)mu(2)kappa(2) bridging, with the formation of the dinuclear complexes [Ce2Cl2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(H2O)(8)]Cl-4 center dot 4H(2)O, [Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(Cl)(6)], and [4-NH2-1,2,4-HTriaz][Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(mu(2)-NO3)(NO3)(6)(H2O)(2)]. When the synthetic conditions favored hydrolysis, the hexanuclear Ce(III) complex [Ce-6(mu(3)-O)(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(mu(3)-Cl)(2)(Cl)(6)(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(12)]center dot 7H(2)O was isolated. This unexpected hydrolysis product represents the first example of a high nuclearity lanthanide complex where all Ln atoms are pairwise connected through 12 N-donor ligands or 12 neutral bridging ligands of any type, a rare example of incorporation of non-oxo coordinating anions in the M6X8 core, and the first reported Ce(III) hexanuclear complex of this type., Funding Agencies|Royal Swedish Academy of Science through the Goeran Gustafsson prize; Swedish Research Council [2020-05405]; Tage Erlander Guest Professorship [2018-00233]; U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Heavy Elements program [DE-SC0019220]; U.S. NSF MRI [1828078]

Using Ce(III) as both a representative lanthanide and actinide analog, the ability of mixtures of acidic and basic azoles to allow direct access to homoleptic N-donor f-element complexes in one pot reactions from hydrated salts as starting materials was examined by reacting mixtures of 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz), 5-amino-tetrazole (5-NH2-HTetaz), and 1,2,3-triazole (1,2,3-HTriaz) in 1:1 and 1:3 ratios with CeCl3 center dot 7H(2)O, [C(2)mim](3)[CeCl6] ([C(2)mim](+) = 1-ethyl-2-methylimidazolium), and Ce(NO3)(3)center dot 6H(2)O. Although unsuccessful in our goal, structural analysis revealed that neutral 4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz is structure directing via eta(2)mu(2)kappa(2) bridging, with the formation of the dinuclear complexes [Ce2Cl2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(H2O)(8)]Cl-4 center dot 4H(2)O, [Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(Cl)(6)], and [4-NH2-1,2,4-HTriaz][Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(mu(2)-NO3)(NO3)(6)(H2O)(2)]. When the synthetic conditions favored hydrolysis, the hexanuclear Ce(III) complex [Ce-6(mu(3)-O)(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(mu(3)-Cl)(2)(Cl)(6)(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(12)]center dot 7H(2)O was isolated. This unexpected hydrolysis product represents the first example of a high nuclearity lanthanide complex where all Ln atoms are pairwise connected through 12 N-donor ligands or 12 neutral bridging ligands of any type, a rare example of incorporation of non-oxo coordinating anions in the M6X8 core, and the first reported Ce(III) hexanuclear complex of this type.

Using Ce(III) as both a representative lanthanide and actinide analog, the ability of mixtures of acidic and basic azoles to allow direct access to homoleptic N-donor f-element complexes in one pot reactions from hydrated salts as starting materials was examined by reacting mixtures of 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz), 5-amino-tetrazole (5-NH2-HTetaz), and 1,2,3-triazole (1,2,3-HTriaz) in 1:1 and 1:3 ratios with CeCl3 center dot 7H(2)O, [C(2)mim](3)[CeCl6] ([C(2)mim](+) = 1-ethyl-2-methylimidazolium), and Ce(NO3)(3)center dot 6H(2)O. Although unsuccessful in our goal, structural analysis revealed that neutral 4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz is structure directing via eta(2)mu(2)kappa(2) bridging, with the formation of the dinuclear complexes [Ce2Cl2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(H2O)(8)]Cl-4 center dot 4H(2)O, [Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(Cl)(6)], and [4-NH2-1,2,4-HTriaz][Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(mu(2)-NO3)(NO3)(6)(H2O)(2)]. When the synthetic conditions favored hydrolysis, the hexanuclear Ce(III) complex [Ce-6(mu(3)-O)(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(mu(3)-Cl)(2)(Cl)(6)(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(12)]center dot 7H(2)O was isolated. This unexpected hydrolysis product represents the first example of a high nuclearity lanthanide complex where all Ln atoms are pairwise connected through 12 N-donor ligands or 12 neutral bridging ligands of any type, a rare example of incorporation of non-oxo coordinating anions in the M6X8 core, and the first reported Ce(III) hexanuclear complex of this type.

Using Ce(III) as both a representative lanthanide and actinide analog, the ability of mixtures of acidic and basic azoles to allow direct access to homoleptic N-donor f-element complexes in one pot reactions from hydrated salts as starting materials was examined by reacting mixtures of 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz), 5-amino-tetrazole (5-NH2-HTetaz), and 1,2,3-triazole (1,2,3-HTriaz) in 1:1 and 1:3 ratios with CeCl3 center dot 7H(2)O, [C(2)mim](3)[CeCl6] ([C(2)mim](+) = 1-ethyl-2-methylimidazolium), and Ce(NO3)(3)center dot 6H(2)O. Although unsuccessful in our goal, structural analysis revealed that neutral 4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz is structure directing via eta(2)mu(2)kappa(2) bridging, with the formation of the dinuclear complexes [Ce2Cl2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(H2O)(8)]Cl-4 center dot 4H(2)O, [Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(Cl)(6)], and [4-NH2-1,2,4-HTriaz][Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(mu(2)-NO3)(NO3)(6)(H2O)(2)]. When the synthetic conditions favored hydrolysis, the hexanuclear Ce(III) complex [Ce-6(mu(3)-O)(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(mu(3)-Cl)(2)(Cl)(6)(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(12)]center dot 7H(2)O was isolated. This unexpected hydrolysis product represents the first example of a high nuclearity lanthanide complex where all Ln atoms are pairwise connected through 12 N-donor ligands or 12 neutral bridging ligands of any type, a rare example of incorporation of non-oxo coordinating anions in the M6X8 core, and the first reported Ce(III) hexanuclear complex of this type., Funding Agencies|Royal Swedish Academy of Science through the Goeran Gustafsson prize; Swedish Research Council [2020-05405]; Tage Erlander Guest Professorship [2018-00233]; U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Heavy Elements program [DE-SC0019220]; U.S. NSF MRI [1828078]

Using Ce(III) as both a representative lanthanide and actinide analog, the ability of mixtures of acidic and basic azoles to allow direct access to homoleptic N-donor f-element complexes in one pot reactions from hydrated salts as starting materials was examined by reacting mixtures of 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz), 5-amino-tetrazole (5-NH2-HTetaz), and 1,2,3-triazole (1,2,3-HTriaz) in 1:1 and 1:3 ratios with CeCl3 center dot 7H(2)O, [C(2)mim](3)[CeCl6] ([C(2)mim](+) = 1-ethyl-2-methylimidazolium), and Ce(NO3)(3)center dot 6H(2)O. Although unsuccessful in our goal, structural analysis revealed that neutral 4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz is structure directing via eta(2)mu(2)kappa(2) bridging, with the formation of the dinuclear complexes [Ce2Cl2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(H2O)(8)]Cl-4 center dot 4H(2)O, [Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(Cl)(6)], and [4-NH2-1,2,4-HTriaz][Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(mu(2)-NO3)(NO3)(6)(H2O)(2)]. When the synthetic conditions favored hydrolysis, the hexanuclear Ce(III) complex [Ce-6(mu(3)-O)(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(mu(3)-Cl)(2)(Cl)(6)(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(12)]center dot 7H(2)O was isolated. This unexpected hydrolysis product represents the first example of a high nuclearity lanthanide complex where all Ln atoms are pairwise connected through 12 N-donor ligands or 12 neutral bridging ligands of any type, a rare example of incorporation of non-oxo coordinating anions in the M6X8 core, and the first reported Ce(III) hexanuclear complex of this type., Funding Agencies|Royal Swedish Academy of Science through the Goeran Gustafsson prize; Swedish Research Council [2020-05405]; Tage Erlander Guest Professorship [2018-00233]; U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Heavy Elements program [DE-SC0019220]; U.S. NSF MRI [1828078]

Using Ce(III) as both a representative lanthanide and actinide analog, the ability of mixtures of acidic and basic azoles to allow direct access to homoleptic N-donor f-element complexes in one pot reactions from hydrated salts as starting materials was examined by reacting mixtures of 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz), 5-amino-tetrazole (5-NH2-HTetaz), and 1,2,3-triazole (1,2,3-HTriaz) in 1:1 and 1:3 ratios with CeCl3 center dot 7H(2)O, [C(2)mim](3)[CeCl6] ([C(2)mim](+) = 1-ethyl-2-methylimidazolium), and Ce(NO3)(3)center dot 6H(2)O. Although unsuccessful in our goal, structural analysis revealed that neutral 4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz is structure directing via eta(2)mu(2)kappa(2) bridging, with the formation of the dinuclear complexes [Ce2Cl2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(H2O)(8)]Cl-4 center dot 4H(2)O, [Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(Cl)(6)], and [4-NH2-1,2,4-HTriaz][Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(mu(2)-NO3)(NO3)(6)(H2O)(2)]. When the synthetic conditions favored hydrolysis, the hexanuclear Ce(III) complex [Ce-6(mu(3)-O)(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(mu(3)-Cl)(2)(Cl)(6)(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(12)]center dot 7H(2)O was isolated. This unexpected hydrolysis product represents the first example of a high nuclearity lanthanide complex where all Ln atoms are pairwise connected through 12 N-donor ligands or 12 neutral bridging ligands of any type, a rare example of incorporation of non-oxo coordinating anions in the M6X8 core, and the first reported Ce(III) hexanuclear complex of this type.

Our attempts to use an ionic liquid strategy to force f-element coordination of soft donor adenine and 4,5-dicyanoimidazole using 1-pot reactions in water using hydrated lanthanide salts failed, instead resulting in the isolation of anhydrous lanthanide nitrate salts. Reactions of previously ground mixtures of 40 % aq. [P4444][OH] and adenine with Nd(NO3)3·6H2O or Sm(NO3)3·6H2O followed by hand grinding and heating to 90 °C for 10 h led to hot crystallization of anhydrous [P4444]2[Nd(NO3)5] and [P4444]2[Sm(NO3)5]. The same reaction with 4,5-dicyanoimidazole and Nd(NO3)3·6H2O but without heating (10 h, room temperature) to prevent ligand decomposition, led to crystallization of anhydrous [P4444]3[Nd(NO3)6]. [P4444]3[Nd(NO3)6] could also be isolated by conducting the first reaction without using adenine. The single crystal X-ray diffraction structures of the three new anhydrous salts were examined to provide clues to the observed behavior. The [P4444]+ cations allow charge balance while forming box-type encapsulations around the anionic counterpart which has been previously reported in similar structures. The fact that these anhydrous salts were prepared from water with hydrated starting materials and no precautions taken to keep the crystal growing process anhydrous, suggests synthetic strategies that can potentially be beneficial for more advanced separations procedures.

Using Ce(III) as both a representative lanthanide and actinide analog, the ability of mixtures of acidic and basic azoles to allow direct access to homoleptic N-donor f-element complexes in one pot reactions from hydrated salts as starting materials was examined by reacting mixtures of 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz), 5-amino-tetrazole (5-NH2-HTetaz), and 1,2,3-triazole (1,2,3-HTriaz) in 1:1 and 1:3 ratios with CeCl3 center dot 7H(2)O, [C(2)mim](3)[CeCl6] ([C(2)mim](+) = 1-ethyl-2-methylimidazolium), and Ce(NO3)(3)center dot 6H(2)O. Although unsuccessful in our goal, structural analysis revealed that neutral 4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz is structure directing via eta(2)mu(2)kappa(2) bridging, with the formation of the dinuclear complexes [Ce2Cl2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(H2O)(8)]Cl-4 center dot 4H(2)O, [Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(Cl)(6)], and [4-NH2-1,2,4-HTriaz][Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(mu(2)-NO3)(NO3)(6)(H2O)(2)]. When the synthetic conditions favored hydrolysis, the hexanuclear Ce(III) complex [Ce-6(mu(3)-O)(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(mu(3)-Cl)(2)(Cl)(6)(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(12)]center dot 7H(2)O was isolated. This unexpected hydrolysis product represents the first example of a high nuclearity lanthanide complex where all Ln atoms are pairwise connected through 12 N-donor ligands or 12 neutral bridging ligands of any type, a rare example of incorporation of non-oxo coordinating anions in the M6X8 core, and the first reported Ce(III) hexanuclear complex of this type., Funding Agencies|Royal Swedish Academy of Science through the Goeran Gustafsson prize; Swedish Research Council [2020-05405]; Tage Erlander Guest Professorship [2018-00233]; U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Heavy Elements program [DE-SC0019220]; U.S. NSF MRI [1828078]

Using Ce(III) as both a representative lanthanide and actinide analog, the ability of mixtures of acidic and basic azoles to allow direct access to homoleptic N-donor f-element complexes in one pot reactions from hydrated salts as starting materials was examined by reacting mixtures of 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz), 5-amino-tetrazole (5-NH2-HTetaz), and 1,2,3-triazole (1,2,3-HTriaz) in 1:1 and 1:3 ratios with CeCl3 center dot 7H(2)O, [C(2)mim](3)[CeCl6] ([C(2)mim](+) = 1-ethyl-2-methylimidazolium), and Ce(NO3)(3)center dot 6H(2)O. Although unsuccessful in our goal, structural analysis revealed that neutral 4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz is structure directing via eta(2)mu(2)kappa(2) bridging, with the formation of the dinuclear complexes [Ce2Cl2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(H2O)(8)]Cl-4 center dot 4H(2)O, [Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(Cl)(6)], and [4-NH2-1,2,4-HTriaz][Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(mu(2)-NO3)(NO3)(6)(H2O)(2)]. When the synthetic conditions favored hydrolysis, the hexanuclear Ce(III) complex [Ce-6(mu(3)-O)(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(mu(3)-Cl)(2)(Cl)(6)(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(12)]center dot 7H(2)O was isolated. This unexpected hydrolysis product represents the first example of a high nuclearity lanthanide complex where all Ln atoms are pairwise connected through 12 N-donor ligands or 12 neutral bridging ligands of any type, a rare example of incorporation of non-oxo coordinating anions in the M6X8 core, and the first reported Ce(III) hexanuclear complex of this type., Funding Agencies|Royal Swedish Academy of Science through the Goeran Gustafsson prize; Swedish Research Council [2020-05405]; Tage Erlander Guest Professorship [2018-00233]; U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Heavy Elements program [DE-SC0019220]; U.S. NSF MRI [1828078]

Using Ce(III) as both a representative lanthanide and actinide analog, the ability of mixtures of acidic and basic azoles to allow direct access to homoleptic N-donor f-element complexes in one pot reactions from hydrated salts as starting materials was examined by reacting mixtures of 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz), 5-amino-tetrazole (5-NH2-HTetaz), and 1,2,3-triazole (1,2,3-HTriaz) in 1:1 and 1:3 ratios with CeCl3 center dot 7H(2)O, [C(2)mim](3)[CeCl6] ([C(2)mim](+) = 1-ethyl-2-methylimidazolium), and Ce(NO3)(3)center dot 6H(2)O. Although unsuccessful in our goal, structural analysis revealed that neutral 4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz is structure directing via eta(2)mu(2)kappa(2) bridging, with the formation of the dinuclear complexes [Ce2Cl2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(H2O)(8)]Cl-4 center dot 4H(2)O, [Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(4)(4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(Cl)(6)], and [4-NH2-1,2,4-HTriaz][Ce-2(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(2)(mu(2)-NO3)(NO3)(6)(H2O)(2)]. When the synthetic conditions favored hydrolysis, the hexanuclear Ce(III) complex [Ce-6(mu(3)-O)(4)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(mu(3)-Cl)(2)(Cl)(6)(mu(2)-4-NH2-1,2,4-Triaz)(12)]center dot 7H(2)O was isolated. This unexpected hydrolysis product represents the first example of a high nuclearity lanthanide complex where all Ln atoms are pairwise connected through 12 N-donor ligands or 12 neutral bridging ligands of any type, a rare example of incorporation of non-oxo coordinating anions in the M6X8 core, and the first reported Ce(III) hexanuclear complex of this type.

Aqueous solutions of a series of short carbon chain tetra(n-alkyl)ammonium hydroxides, [Nnnnn][OH] with n = 2: n-ethyl, 3: n-propyl, 4: n-butyl, have been serendipitously found to be potential candidates for direct air carbon capture (DAC) when being used as reagents in more complicated reactions. Aqueous solutions of [N3333][OH], [N2222][OH], or [N3333][OH] with UO2SO4·3H2O and 1,4-diamidoximylbenzene, and [N4444][OH] with cytosine (HCyt) directly absorb CO2 from the atmosphere upon mild heating in the open atmosphere crystallizing in complexes reaching up to 2 : 1 CO2/[Nnnnn]OH ratio. [N2222][HCO3]·3H2O (1), [N2222]2[H(HCO3)3]·5H2O (2), [N3333][HCO3]·0.5H2O (3), [N3333][H(HCO3)2] (4), [N3333]2[(tpa)(H2CO3)2] (5; tpa = terephthalate), [N4444][H(Cyt)(HCO3)]·H2O (6) and [N4444][H2(Cyt)2(HCO3)]·H2O (7) have been isolated in crystalline form and structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The compounds are characterized by complex polyanionic formations from bicarbonate dimers ([(HCO3)2·(H2O)]24−) or chains ([H(HCO3)2]nn− or [H2(tpa)(HCO3)2]n2n−) to water-bicarbonate associates ([(HCO3)2·6H2O]2− and [(H2CO3·(HCO3)2)2·6H2O·2H2O]2−) and three-component anionic layers ([H(Cyt)(HCO3)·H2O]nn− and [H2(Cyt)2(HCO3)·H2O]nn−) frequently showing proton sharing. While some hydroxides themselves can maintain a high CO2/[Nnnnn][OH] ratio, particularly 2 and 4, the presence of secondary hydrogen bond donors/acceptors may increase the sorption efficiency through decreased solubility and enhanced crystallization.