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The Synthesis of [Sn10SiSiMe334]2- Using a Metastable SnI Halide Solution Synthesized via a Co-condensation Technique
Published on: November 28, 2016
Synthesis and characterization of an octanuclear copper(I) methanediide cluster
Wing-Por Leung1, Yuk-Chi Chan, Thomas C W Mak
1Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. kevinleung@cuhk.edu.hk.
Abstract:
The reaction of [K{CH((i)Pr2P=S)2(C9H6N-2)}]n (1) with one equivalent of CuCl in THF afforded a rare octanuclear copper(I) methanediide cluster (3). The structure of compound 3 as determined by X-ray crystallography was found to have eight copper atoms that form a Gyrobifastigium (J26).
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