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Al 12 K 8 [OC(CH 3 ) 3 ] 18 : A Wade, Zintl, or Metalloid Cluster, or a Hybrid of All Three?
Author(s) -
Henke Patrick,
Trapp Nils,
Anson Christopher E.,
Schnöckel Hansgeorg
Publication year - 2010
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.200907096
Subject(s) - cluster (spacecraft) , crystallography , metalloid , zintl phase , chemistry , materials science , crystal structure , metal , metallurgy , computer science , programming language
A molecular Zintl phase? Structural investigations and DFT calculations on the spectroscopic and thermodynamic properties of an Al 12 K 8 (O t Bu) 18 compound (see picture: Al blue, K yellow, O green) support the unusual bonding of this Al 12 cluster and its role in a unified cluster model.