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Bi 4 Te 4 4+ —A Cube‐Shaped, Polycationic Main Group Element Cluster
Author(s) -
Beck Johannes,
Dolg Michael,
Schlüter Stefan
Publication year - 2001
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 - 10.1002/1521-3773(20010618)40:12<2287::aid-anie2287>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - cluster (spacecraft) , element (criminal law) , group (periodic table) , cube (algebra) , computer science , physics , political science , combinatorics , mathematics , operating system , quantum mechanics , law
Two valence electrons more than in square‐antiprismatic 38‐electron clusters such as Bi 8 2+ or Sn 8 6− : This is the reason for the unusual cube‐shaped structure of the cation Bi 4 Te 4 4+ (see picture), which is obtained as the chloroaluminate salt from acidic AlCl 3 /Na[AlCl 4 ] melts.