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[Ge 9 {Si(SiMe 3 ) 3 } 3 {SnPh 3 }]: A Tetrasubstituted and Neutral Deltahedral Nine‐Atom Cluster
Author(s) -
Li Feng,
MuñozCastro Alvaro,
Sevov Slavi C.
Publication year - 2012
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.201202906
Subject(s) - cluster (spacecraft) , atom (system on chip) , ion , chemistry , molecule , crystallography , germanium , atomic physics , silicon , physics , computer science , operating system , organic chemistry
Reaching neutral territory : The title compound, the first tetrasubstituted deltahedral Zintl cluster, is no longer an ion (see picture; Ge green, Si purple, Sn blue). It is a neutral molecule formed by a reaction of the trisilylated anion with Ph 3 SnCl.