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Cover Feature: Altering Charges on Heterobimetallic Transition‐Metal Carbonyl Clusters (Chem. Eur. J. 54/2020)
Author(s) -
Unkrig Wiebke,
Kloiber Konstantin,
Butschke Burkhard,
Kratzert Daniel,
Krossing Ingo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202003723
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , transition metal , bipyramid , feature (linguistics) , chemistry , crystallography , metal , nanotechnology , materials science , engineering , crystal structure , catalysis , organic chemistry , philosophy , mechanical engineering , linguistics
Anything is possible ! The cover depicts a scenario in ancient Egypt, with two construction masters considering possibilities for pyramids and invent a new method using [M(CO) 6 ] – and Ag + as building blocks for pyramids, columns, and arches. Even an impressive bipyramid didn't discourage them. The [M(CO) 6 ]‐fragments serve as ligands in the obtained [Ag m {M(CO) 6 } n ] x ‐clusters (M=Nb, Ta; m =1, 2, 6; n =2, 3, 4, 5; x =1–, 1+, 2+), DFT based AIM calculations were performed to provide an understanding of the bonding situation and the cores of the cations were interpreted as superatoms. More information can be found in the Full Paper by I. Krossing et al. on page 12373.