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[Co@Ge 10 ] 3− : An Intermetalloid Cluster with Archimedean Pentagonal Prismatic Structure
Author(s) -
Wang JianQiang,
Stegmaier Saskia,
Fässler Thomas F.
Publication year - 2009
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.200805511
Subject(s) - pentagonal bipyramidal molecular geometry , cluster (spacecraft) , crystallography , physics , crystal structure , chemistry , computer science , operating system
Inorganic pentaprismane : The unusual structure of the anion [Co@Ge 10 ] 3− , which was obtained by the reaction of K 4 Ge 9 with [Co(C 8 H 12 )(C 8 H 13 )] in ethylenediamine, raises questions about chemical bonding in the anion. The Zintl ion cluster has virtual D 5 h symmetry and is a unique example of a ligand‐free cluster that is not a deltahedron. The delocalized chemical bonding is represented in the picture by one of the bonding orbitals of the anion.
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