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Synthesis of Nine-atom Deltahedral Zintl Ions of Germanium and their Functionalization with Organic Groups
Published on: February 11, 2012
Pentacoordinated germanium in AST zeolite synthesised in fluoride media. A 19F NMR validated computational study
German Sastre1, Angeles Pulido, Avelino Corma
1Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica, UPV-CSIC, Av. Los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain. gsastre@itq.upv.es
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|May 7, 2005
Abstract:
A computational study shows that Ge is pentacoordinated in the double four rings (D4R) of Si/Ge AST zeolites; the calculated chemical shifts of F-D4R containing 8Si, 7Si1Ge and 8Ge reproduce the trends of 19F NMR experiments.
