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1Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität, Engesserstrasse Geb. Nr. 30.45, D-76128 Karlsruhe (Germany).
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|December 14, 1999
Abstract:
A "naked" aluminum atom links two aluminum tetrahedra in the [Al(7){N(SiMe(3))(2)}(6)](-) ion (see picture), which results from the reaction of a metastable AlCl solution with LiN(SiMe(3))(2) and crystallizes with [Li(OEt(2))(3)](+) as cation. This unique structure among molecular metal atom clusters represents a small but characteristic section of cubic close-packed aluminum.