Volume 39, Issue 16 pp. 2952-2954
Communication

Synthesis and Structure of an Anionic Ga26R8 Cluster with a Metalloid Core

Alexander Rodig Dipl.-Chem.

Alexander Rodig Dipl.-Chem.

Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany) Fax: (+49) 6221-54-66-17

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Gerald Linti Prof. Dr.

Gerald Linti Prof. Dr.

Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany) Fax: (+49) 6221-54-66-17

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The Chemistry of Gallium, Part 17. This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie. We thank E. Möllhausen (Universität Karlsruhe) for the collection of the crystallographic data and Priv.-Doz. Dr. B. Pilawa (Universität Karlsruhe) for measuring an EPR spectrum. Part 16: ref. 6.

Abstract

A section of the gallium high-pressure modification GaIII is represented by the metalloid cluster core (see picture) of the Ga26 cluster anion, which forms along with further gallium cluster compounds, in a reaction of sonochemically prepared “Ga2I3” with [Li(thf)3{Si(SiMe3)3}].

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