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Trinuclear Clusters of the Early Transition Elements
Author(s) -
Müller Achim,
Jostes Rainer,
Cotton F. Albert
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198008751
Subject(s) - transition metal , connection (principal bundle) , chemical physics , chemistry , ligand (biochemistry) , crystallography , situated , nanotechnology , stereochemistry , materials science , computer science , catalysis , mathematics , geometry , organic chemistry , receptor , biochemistry , artificial intelligence
Trinuclear clusters of the early transition elements, i.e. those elements situated on the left‐hand side of the transition series, represent the simplest types of clusters. They characteristically have a pronounced formation tendency and high stability; they are therefore produced under a wide variety of conditions and their triangular M 3 skeleton is conserved in ligand exchange reactions. These clusters play a very important role in the chemistry of the respective elements, and especially those of the 4 d and 5 d series. Biochemical implications are of interest in connection with Mo IV . This progress report presents a systematic account of the chemistry and the molecular and electronic structure of such compounds. A connection is also established with the crystal field treatment of mononuclear metal complexes.