Bridging the gap between coordination and cluster compounds: unusual bonding modes for zinc

Kays, Deborah L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4616-6001 and Aldridge, Simon 2009. Bridging the gap between coordination and cluster compounds: unusual bonding modes for zinc. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 48 (23) , pp. 4109-4111. 10.1002/anie.200900491

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Abstract

Inner virtue: The reaction of [Mo0(GaCp*)6] with ZnMe2 yields the novel multinuclear zinc system [MoZn12Me9Cp*3] which geometrically resembles a classical Wade–Mingos cluster (with an interstitial molybdenum atom, see picture). In reality, its electronic structure features little direct ZnZn bonding, relying instead on MoZn three-center, two-electron bonds spanning the body diagonals of the approximately icosahedral framework.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Chemistry
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	1433-7851
Last Modified:	12 Jul 2024 13:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/170312

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