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[Ge 8 {N(SiMe 3 ) 2 } 6 ]: A Ligand‐Stabilized Ge Cluster Compound with Formally Zero‐Valent Ge Atoms
Author(s) -
Schnepf Andreas,
Köppe Ralf
Publication year - 2003
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.200390241
Subject(s) - germanium , cluster (spacecraft) , crystallography , germanium compounds , bromide , condensation , oxidation state , ligand (biochemistry) , chemistry , materials science , physics , inorganic chemistry , silicon , metal , biochemistry , receptor , organic chemistry , computer science , thermodynamics , programming language
Starting from germanium( I ) bromide , which can be obtained by preparative co‐condensation, the first polyhedral Ge cluster [Ge 8 {N(SiMe 3 ) 2 } 6 ] (see picture) has been synthesized in which the average oxidation state of all the Ge atoms in the cluster core lies between 0 and +1.