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Front Cover: The Intermetalloid Cluster Cation (CuBi 8 ) 3+ (Chem. Eur. J. 1/2018)
Author(s) -
Knies Maximilian,
Kaiser Martin,
Isaeva Anna,
Müller Ulrike,
Doert Thomas,
Ruck Michael
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201705257
Subject(s) - bismuth , cluster (spacecraft) , ionic bonding , front cover , chemistry , atom (system on chip) , counterion , ionic liquid , cover (algebra) , copper , quantum chemical , quantum chemistry , crystallography , ion , molecule , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , computer science , mechanical engineering , embedded system , engineering , programming language , catalysis
The intermetalloid cluster (CuBi 8 ) 3+ combines two elements that usually avoid mutual bonding. It forms from bismuth, BiCl 3 , and CuCl under ionothermal conditions in a Lewis acidic ionic liquid that contains an excess of AlCl 3 . One of the [AlCl 4 ] − counterions directly coordinates to the copper atom. The multicenter bonding in the (CuBi 8 ) 3+ cage, revealed by quantum‐chemical analysis, matches its description as a heterometallic nido ‐Wade‐cluster. More information can be found in the Full Paper by M. Ruck et al. on page 127.