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From ethylzinc guanidinate to [Zn10O4]-supertetrahedron
Michał K Leszczyński1, Iwona Justyniak1, Karolina Zelga2
1Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland. lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl.
Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
|June 29, 2017
Abstract:
The controlled hydrolysis of an ethylzinc guanidinate complex affording an alkylzinc cluster containing a [Zn10O4]12+ supertetrahedron core stabilized by the guanidinate ligands is described. Accompanying investigations on the reactivity of this unprecedented cluster toward alcohols resulted in the formation of a mononuclear zinc alkoxide supported by the guanidinate ligands.
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