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Front Cover: Antimony(III) Iodide Complexes with Pyridine: Structures and bonding via three pnictogen bonds (Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 7/2021)
Author(s) -
Pomogaeva Anna V.,
Khoroshilova Olesya V.,
Davydova Elena I.,
Suslonov Vitalii V.,
Timoshkin Alexey Y.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1521-3749
pISSN - 0044-2313
DOI - 10.1002/zaac.202100096
Subject(s) - pnictogen , antimony , front cover , crystallography , iodide , iodine , chemistry , molecule , lone pair , stereochemistry , cover (algebra) , physics , inorganic chemistry , condensed matter physics , organic chemistry , superconductivity , mechanical engineering , engineering
The cover picture symbolically shows formation of three pnictogen bonds by the antimony triiodide molecule, which is depicted as the three‐headed dragon Zmey Gorynych. The heads of the dragon represent iodine atoms and the tails of the dragon – positively charged regions of antimony atom. Neighboring iodine atoms “bite” all three tails to form three pnictogen bonds at one antimone center. The coloring of the Zmey Gorynych corresponds to the electrostatic potential (ESP) mapped on the molecular surface, ranging from red (negative) to blue (positive). Three small objects show ESP plot of SbI3 molecule. More details can be found in the Article by Alexey Y. Timoshkin et al.