Improvements of and Insights into the Isolation of Bismuth Polycations from Benzene Solution – Single‐Crystal Structure Determinations of Bi 8 [GaCl 4 ] 2  and Bi 5 [GaCl 4 ] 3 | Zendy

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Improvements of and Insights into the Isolation of Bismuth Polycations from Benzene Solution – Single‐Crystal Structure Determinations of Bi 8 [GaCl 4 ] 2 and Bi 5 [GaCl 4 ] 3

Author(s) -

Lindsjö, Andreas Fischer Martin,

Kloo Lars

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

european journal of inorganic chemistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1099-0682

pISSN - 1434-1948

DOI - 10.1002/ejic.200400466

Subject(s) - chemistry , bismuth , gallium , crystallography , trigonal bipyramidal molecular geometry , metal , benzene , single crystal , crystal structure , ideal (ethics) , group (periodic table) , trigonal crystal system , inorganic chemistry , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , philosophy , epistemology

The synthesis, crystal growth and structure are reported for the two salts Bi 5 [GaCl 4 ] 3 and Bi 8 [GaCl 4 ] 2 . The compounds are prepared from a solution of BiCl 3 and GaCl 3 in benzene, using gallium metal as reducing agent. Bi 8 [GaCl 4 ] 2 contains a Bi 8 2+ polycation that, essentially, adopts an ideal square antiprismatic geometry. The compound crystallizes in the P 6 3 space group; a = 17.760(2) Å and c = 12.979(3) Å. Bi 5 [GaCl 4 ] 3 crystallizes in the R 3 c space group, a = 11.814(2) Å, c = 29.974(3) Å, and contains a Bi 5 3+ cation adopting a trigonal‐bipyramidal geometry. The cation is slightly distorted from the ideal D 3 h symmetry. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)

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