A Germanate Framework Containing 24‐Ring Channels, NiGe Bonds, and Chiral [Ni@Ge14O24(OH)3] Cluster Motifs Transferred from Chiral Metal Complexes

Microporous: Chiral metal complexes as templates under solvothermal conditions resulted in two novel germanates Ni@Ge14O24(OH)3⋅2 Ni(L)3 (L=ethylenediamine, 1,2-diaminopropane). The chiral Ni@Ge14O24(OH)3 cluster motifs have an unprecedented trigonal-bipyramidal Ni@Ge5 core with NiGe bonds and are linked to each other to form a 3D germanate framework containing 24-ring channels (see picture).