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Réant BLL, Whitehead GFS, Mehta M. Zintl Clusters as a Platform for Lewis Acid Catalysis. Inorg Chem 2024. [PMID: 38814137 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
Abstract
Clusters of the main group elements phosphorus and arsenic, commonly categorized as Zintl clusters, have been known for over a century. And, only now is the application of these systems as catalysts for organic synthesis being investigated. In this work, boranes are tethered via an aliphatic linker to Zintl-based clusters and their Lewis acidity is examined experimentally, by the Gutmann-Beckett test and competency in the hydroborative reduction of six organic substrates, as well as computationally, by fluoride ion affinity and hydride ion affinity methods. The effects of tuning the aliphatic linker length, substituents at the boron, and changing the cluster from a seven-atom phosphorus system to a seven-atom arsenic system on reactivity are studied.
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- Benjamin L L Réant
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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Pan F, Weinert B, Dehnen S. Effect of La 3+ on the Formation of Endohedral Zintl Clusters Featuring In/Bi Shells. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:9670-9675. [PMID: 38580311 PMCID: PMC11134487 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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Investigating the interactions of f-block metal ions with p-block polyanions in multinary cluster compounds is becoming increasingly attractive but remains a challenge in terms of both the synthetic approach and the control of the structures that are formed during the syntheses. So far, two types of reactions were dominant for the formation of corresponding clusters: the reaction of binary anions of p-block elements in 1,2-diamino-ethane (en) solutions or the reaction of organobismuth compounds with corresponding f-block metal complexes in THF. Herein, we report the synthesis of [La@In2Bi11]4- (1) and its doubly μ-Bi-bridged analogue in the doubly [K(crypt-222)]+-coordinated {[K(crypt-222)]2[La@In2Bi11](μ-Bi)2[La@In2Bi11]}4- (2) as their [K(crypt-222)]+ salts [K(crypt-222)]41 and [K(crypt-222)]42, respectively, achieved by reactions of [InMes3] and [La(C5Me4H)3] (Mes = mesityl, C5Me4H = tetramethylcyclopentadienyl) with K10Ga3Bi6.65/crypt-222 (crypt-222 = 4,7,13,16,21,24-hexaoxa-1,10-diazabicyclo[8.8.8]hexacosane) in en. In the absence of [La(C5Me4H)3], the otherwise unchanged reactions afford the anions [Bi6(InMes)(InMes2)]3- (3) and [Mes3In-InMes3]2- (4) instead, which can be isolated as their [K(crypt-222)]+ salts [K(crypt-222)]33 and [K(crypt-222)]24·tol (tol = toluene), respectively. The {Bi6} fragment observed in anion 3 is assumed to be one of the key intermediates not only toward the formation of 1 and 2 but also on the way to more general bismuth rich compounds.
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- Fuxing Pan
- Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Institute of Nanotechnology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Key
Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization
of Gansu Province and State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry,
Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design,
Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Institute of Nanotechnology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Institute of Nanotechnology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Theulier CA, Bajo S, López-Serrano J, Campos J. Tuning the Inorganic Core of a reduced Ni 2Ge 2 Cluster. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400049. [PMID: 38349770 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
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Tetranuclear cores (M-E)2 of transition metals (M) and tetrylenes (EII=Si, Ge, Sn) are key motifs in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. They exhibit a continuum of M-M and E-E bonding within the inorganic core that leads to a variety of structures for which there are no specific synthetic methods. Herein, we report a series of highly reduced [Ni0GeII]2 squares solely stabilized by bulky terphenyl (C6H3-2,6-Ar2) ligands, for which we provide complementary and high-yielding syntheses. Reactivity studies with common Lewis bases (carbene and CO) evince that the structure of the (M-E)2 core can be transformed. We have investigated this core modification by computational means, offering a rationale to better understand the continuum of bonding across these clusters.
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- Cyril A Theulier
- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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Giarrana L, Zimmer M, Morgenstern B, Scheschkewitz D. Tetrylene-Functionalized Si 7-Siliconoids. Inorg Chem 2024. [PMID: 38502920 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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The core expansion of metallic or metalloid clusters by the addition of further homo- or heteronuclear vertices is pivotal to the nucleation and growth of particles. The exohedral grafting of a low-valent functionality followed by endohedral incorporation have been identified as key steps. Following previous work on the Si6 series, we now report the synthesis and full characterization of the amidinatotetrylene-functionalized seven-vertex siliconoids Si7R5[E(NtBu)2CPh] (E = Si, Ge, Sn). In the case of the silylene derivative, the solid-state structure was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
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- Luisa Giarrana
- Krupp-Chair for General and Inorganic Chemistry, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Krupp-Chair for General and Inorganic Chemistry, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Service Center X-ray Diffraction, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Krupp-Chair for General and Inorganic Chemistry, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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Réant BL, Mehta M. Zintl Ions and Phases Promote the Catalytic Hydrophosphination of Alkynes, Alkenes, and Imines. Organometallics 2024; 43:395-401. [PMID: 38362486 PMCID: PMC10865437 DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Although Zintl ions and phases have been known for more than a century, their application as tools to build organic molecules is underdeveloped. Here, a range of Zintl ions and phases were surveyed in the hydrophosphination of alkynes, alkenes, and imines with diphenylphosphine to afford useful organophosphine products. Further investigations with diphenylphosphine in the absence of the unsaturated organic substrates revealed the formation of the diphenylphosphide anion, allowing for the conclusion that the role of the Zintl species is as an initiator in these transformations.
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- Benjamin
L. L. Réant
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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Townrow OPE, Weller AS, Goicoechea JM. Controlled cluster expansion at a Zintl cluster surface. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202316120. [PMID: 38010628 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Reaction of the tris-hypersilyl nonagermanide Zintl cluster salt, K[Ge9 (Hyp)3 ] (Hyp=Si(SiMe3 )3 ) with [Rh(η2 ,η2 -L)Cl]2 (L=1,5-cyclooctadiene, COD; norbornadiene, NBD) afforded eleven- and twelve-vertex homo-multimetallic clusters by cluster core expansion. Using a stepwise procedure, starting from the Zintl cluster [Rh(COD){Ge9 (Hyp)3 }] and [Ir(COD)Cl]2 , this methodology was expanded for the synthesis of eleven-vertex hetero-multimetallic clusters. A mechanism for the formation of these first examples of closo eleven-vertex Zintl clusters is proposed, informed by density functional theory calculations.
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- Oliver P E Townrow
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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van IJzendoorn B, Whittingham JBM, Whitehead GFS, Kaltsoyannis N, Mehta M. A robust Zintl cluster for the catalytic reduction of pyridines, imines and nitriles. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:13787-13796. [PMID: 37721024 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt02896h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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Despite p-block clusters being known for over a century, their application as catalysts to mediate organic transformations is underexplored. Here, the boron functionalized [P7] cluster [(BBN)P7]2- ([1]2-; BBN = 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane) is applied in the dearomatized reduction of pyridines, as well as the hydroboration of imines and nitriles. These transformations afford amine products, which are important precursors to pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and polymers. Catalyst [1]2- has high stability in these reductions: recycling nine times in quinoline hydroboration led to virtually no loss in catalyst performance. The catalyst can also be recycled between two different organic transformations, again with no loss in catalyst competency. The mechanism for pyridine reduction was probed experimentally using variable time normalization analysis, and computationally using density functional theory. This work demonstrates that Zintl clusters can mediate the reduction of nitrogen containing substrates in a transition metal-free manner.
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- Bono van IJzendoorn
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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Muhr M, Liang H, Allmendinger L, Bühler R, Napoli FE, Ukaj D, Cokoja M, Jandl C, Kahlal S, Saillard JY, Gemel C, Fischer RA. Catalytic Alkyne Semihydrogenation with Polyhydride Ni/Ga Clusters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202308790. [PMID: 37408378 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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The bimetallic, decanuclear Ni3 Ga7 -cluster of the formula [Ni3 (GaTMP)3 (μ2 -GaTMP)3 (μ3 -GaTMP)] (1, TMP=2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl) reacts reversibly with dihydrogen under the formation of a series of (poly-)hydride clusters 2. Low-temperature 2D NMR experiments at -80 °C show that 2 consist of a mixture of a di- (2Di ), tetra- (2Tetra ) and hexahydride species (2Hexa ). The structures of 2Di and 2Tetra are assessed by a combination of 2D NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations. The cooperation of both metals is essential for the high hydrogen uptake of the cluster. Polyhydrides 2 are catalytically active in the semihydrogenation of 4-octyne to 4-octene with good selectivity. The example is the first of its kind and conceptually relates properties of molecular, atom-precise transition metal/main group metal clusters to the respective solid-state phase in catalysis.
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- Maximilian Muhr
- Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Catalysis Research Centre, Technical University Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer Straße 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Department of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstrasse 7, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Catalysis Research Centre, Technical University Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer Straße 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Catalysis Research Centre, Technical University Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer Straße 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Catalysis Research Centre, Technical University Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer Straße 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Catalysis Research Centre, Technical University Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer Straße 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Catalysis Research Centre, Technical University Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer Straße 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Catalysis Research Centre, Technical University Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer Straße 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Catalysis Research Centre, Technical University Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer Straße 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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Beuthert K, Peerless B, Dehnen S. Insight into the formation of bismuth-tungsten carbonyl clusters. Commun Chem 2023; 6:109. [PMID: 37277548 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-00905-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023] Open
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Multimetallic clusters play a key role as models to doped metals, as candidates to new types of superatomic catalysts and as precursors to new multimetallic solids. Understanding formation pathways is an essential and necessary step forward in the development of cluster synthesis and research, yet remains considerably lacking owing to difficulty in identification of intermediates and the ill-defined nature of common starting materials. Here we show progress in this regard by investigating the reactivity of an intermetallic solid of nominal composition 'K5Ga2Bi4' with [W(cod)(CO)4] upon extraction with ethane-1,2-diamine (en) and 4,7,13,16,21,24-hexaoxa-1,10-diazabicyclo[8.8.8]hexacosane (crypt-222). Several polybismuthide intermediates and by-products were identified along the reaction pathway, ultimately forming the new polybismuthide salt [K(crypt-222)]3[µ:η3-Bi3{W(CO)3}2]∙en∙tol. DFT calculations revealed plausible reaction schemes for the transformations taking place in the reaction mixture providing insight into the complex reactivity of 'K5Ga2Bi4' on the basis of in situ generation of Bi22-.
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- Katrin Beuthert
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Klementyeva SV, Woern K, Schrenk C, Zhang M, Khusniyarov MM, Schnepf A. [(thf) 5Ln(Ge 9{Si(SiMe 3) 3} 2)] (Ln = Eu, Sm, Yb): Capping Metalloid Germanium Cluster with Lanthanides. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:5614-5621. [PMID: 36967670 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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We report the synthesis of three neutral complexes with different coordination modes of a di-silylated metalloid germanium cluster to divalent lanthanides [(thf)5Ln(ηn-Ge9(Hyp)2)] (Ln = Yb (1, n = 1); Eu (2, n = 2, 3), Sm (3, n = 2, 3); Hyp = Si(SiMe3)3) by the salt metathesis of LnI2 with K2[Ge9(Hyp)2] in THF. The complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance and UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In thf solution, the formation of contact or solvate-separated ion pairs depending on the concentration is assumed. Compound 2 exhibits a blue luminescence typical for Eu2+. The solid-state magnetic measurements of compounds 2 and 3 confirm the presence of divalent europium and samarium, respectively.
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van IJzendoorn B, Albawardi SF, Vitorica-Yrezabal IJ, Whitehead GFS, McGrady JE, Mehta M. A Zintl Cluster for Transition Metal-Free Catalysis: C═O Bond Reductions. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:21213-21223. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Bono van IJzendoorn
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
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- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, U.K
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- X-ray Diffraction Facility, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
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- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
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