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Synthesis of Nine-atom Deltahedral Zintl Ions of Germanium and their Functionalization with Organic Groups
Published on: February 11, 2012
Vibrational spectra of germanium-carbon clusters. II. GeC(7) and GeC(9)
D L Robbins1, K-C Chen, C M L Rittby
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, USA.
Abstract:
Experimental and theoretical studies of a novel family of germanium-carbon clusters (Ge(n)C(m)) that were initiated with our earlier identification of the GeC(3)Ge cluster have now been extended to the GeC(7) and GeC(9) chains. The new clusters, which were formed by laser ablation and trapped in solid Ar at approximately 10 K, have been identified using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) measurements coupled with density-functional theory (DFT) calculations. The nu(1)(sigma) vibrational fundamental of linear GeC(7) has been identified at 2063.6 cm(-1), and an absorption at 1928.3 cm(-1) has been assigned to the nu(4)(sigma) fundamental of linear GeC(9). FTIR measurements of the isotopic shifts for the assignments are in good agreement with the DFT predictions.
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