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Synthesis of Nine-atom Deltahedral Zintl Ions of Germanium and their Functionalization with Organic Groups
Published on: February 11, 2012
Indium tellurium trioxide chloride, InTeO3Cl
E Gaudin1, J P Chaminade, A El Abed
1ICMCB-CNRS, 87 Avenue du Docteur Schweitzer, 33608 Pessac CEDEX, France. gaudin@icmcb.u-bordeaux.fr
Abstract:
The new oxychloride InTeO(3)Cl was synthesized from a mixture of In(2)O(3), InCl(3) and TeO(2). Its structure has been determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. The structure is composed of layers separated by a van der Waals gap. The layers consist of edge-sharing chains of [InO(4)Cl(2)] octahedra linked through [TeO(3)] trigonal pyramids. No free Cl atoms are located between the layers.
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