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[Cu 12 (NPEt 3 ) 8 ] 4+ and [Ag 12 (NPEt 3 ) 8 ] 4+ : Cubane Structures
Author(s) -
Riese Ulrike,
Faza Naim,
Massa Werner,
Dehnicke Kurt
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990215)38:4<528::aid-anie528>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - cubane , crystallography , materials science , crystal structure , chemistry
Unusual, highly symmetrical cubes are formed by the dodecameric cationic phosphoraneiminato complexes of copper( I ) and silver( I ) [M 12 (NPEt 3 ) 8 ] 4+ , in which the metal atoms occupy the edges and the N atoms of NPEt 3− 3 groups the corners of the cube (see figure). The structures can be understood as molecular sections of the Cu 3 N structure, which is inverse to the ReO 3 ‐type structure.