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The Nonaaquabismuth( III ) Cation
Author(s) -
Frank Walter,
Reiss Guido J.,
Schneider Jürgen
Publication year - 1995
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.199524161
Subject(s) - lone pair , bismuth , crystallography , chemistry , group (periodic table) , ion , prism , trifluoromethanesulfonate , stereochemistry , physics , molecule , organic chemistry , optics , catalysis
The first aqua complex of an element of group 15 , namely the [Bi(H 2 O) 9 ] 3+ ion (shown on the right) in bismuth( III ) trifluoromethanesulfonate enneahydrate, has been detected. Hence the last gap in the systematics of aqua complexes of main group metals has been closed. The central Bi 3+ ion in the C 3h ‐symmetric coordination polyhedron–a tricapped trigonal prism—shows no recognizable stereochemical activity of the lone pair of electrons in the solid state.