Anions

• [Mn(phen)3](I3)2 - hexagonal network

• [Mn(bpy)3](I3)1.5(I8)0.25 - ordered linear iodine chains - electrical semiconductivity

• [Ni(phen)3](I3)2    I3(-) in pairs

• tris-chelates of dafone - [Cu(dafone)3]I12 - new planar I12(2-) traps a highly strained chelate. [Ni(dafone)3]I9  - infinite covalently held iodine networks

• [Fe(bpy)3]I9 - a different I9(2-) network

• [Cu(bpy)3]I8  - isolated antiplanar I8(2-)

• [Zn(bpy)3]I12 - non-planar, networking I12(2-)

• [Zn(phen)3]I12 - planar I24(4-)

: S. Menon and M. V. Rajasekharan Inorg. Chem. 36, 4983-4987(1997); D. Ramalakshmi, K. R. Reddy, D. Padmavathi, M. V. Rajasekharan, N. Arulsamy and D. J. Hodgson Inorg. Chim. Acta 284, 158-166(1999)
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ligands :  bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine; phen = 1,10-phenanthroline; dafone = 4,5-diazafluoren-9-one