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Isolated, Complex Zintl Molecules in the Gas Phase
Author(s) -
Hartmann Andreas,
Weil Konrad G.
Publication year - 1988
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.198810911
Subject(s) - intermetallic , ternary operation , zintl phase , chemistry , alkali metal , molecule , crystallography , mass spectrometry , tetrahedron , metal , gas phase , chemical physics , inorganic chemistry , crystal structure , organic chemistry , alloy , chromatography , computer science , programming language
Ternary and quaternary intermetallic molecules such as Cs 2 InSb 3 and CsSnBiSb 2 , respectively , can be detected in the vapor above the corresponding alloys by mass spectrometry. The composition of the compounds is in agreement with the Zintl‐Klemm‐Busmann concept, if one assumes that the alkali metal transfers an appropriate number of electrons to the elements of the third and fourth main groups in the Sb 4 tetrahedra, such that these elements become isoelectronic to Sb.