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Inside Back Cover: Synthesis of Mg 2 C: A Magnesium Methanide (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 34/2013)
Author(s) -
Kurakevych Oleksandr O.,
Strobel Timothy A.,
Kim Duck Young,
Cody George D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201305785
Subject(s) - magnesium , ab initio , cover (algebra) , ion , carbide , ionic bonding , ab initio quantum chemistry methods , int , materials science , chemistry , crystallography , physics , metallurgy , computer science , organic chemistry , molecule , engineering , mechanical engineering , operating system
Magnesium carbide (Mg 2 C) was first suggested 20 years ago by ab initio calculations. In their Communication on page 8930 ff. , T. A. Strobel and co‐workers describe the first synthesis of this methanide through the use of high‐pressure and high‐temperature methods. The ionic binary compound contains C 4− ions, which have an extremely negative charge for carbon.