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How Do Clusters Grow? The Synthesis and Structure of Polynuclear Hydroxide Gallium( III ) Clusters
Author(s) -
Goodwin Jeremy C.,
Teat Simon J.,
Heath Sarah L.
Publication year - 2004
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/anie.200353542
Subject(s) - cluster (spacecraft) , gallium , iminodiacetic acid , dimer , chemistry , hydroxide , crystallography , stereochemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , chelation , computer science , programming language
Three complexes from one reaction : The reaction of N ‐(2‐hydroxyethyl)iminodiacetic acid with Ga(NO 3 ) 3 yields an alkoxo‐bridged dimer, a Ga 8 cluster (see picture), and a Ga 13 cluster. The structures of these complexes and the structural relationships between them are reported, and the insight they may shed on the general mechanism of cluster formation is discussed.