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Tetracationic Gallium Cluster Cations
Author(s) -
Glootz Kim,
Kratzert Daniel,
Himmel Daniel,
Kastro Aho,
Yassine Zeinab,
Findeisen Tobias,
Krossing Ingo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201807486
Subject(s) - gallium , chemistry , cluster (spacecraft) , crystallography , metal , salt (chemistry) , energetics , phenanthroline , stereochemistry , inorganic chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , computer science , programming language
The univalent salt Ga(PhF) 2 + [Al(OR F ) 4 ] − (R F =OC(CF 3 ) 3 ) forms the strongly metal–metal bonded cluster tetracations [Ga II 2 (L) 4 ] 4+ and [Ga I 4 (L′) 8 ] 4+ , when it reacts with innocent ligands like phenanthroline (L=phen) or t ‐butylisonitrile (L′= t Bu‐NC). Their structures and energetics are discussed as a function of the employed ligands, supported by DFT calculations and Born–Fajans–Haber cycles.