ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of A3In2Ge4 and A5In3Ge6 (A: Ca, Sr, Eu, Yb) — New Intermetallic Compounds with Complex Structures, Exhibiting Ge—Ge and In—In Bonding.

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AbstractThe title compounds are prepared from mixtures of the elements using excess In as a flux (alumina crucible, 1223 K, 10—12 h) and characterized by powder and single crystal XRD, and TB‐LMTO electronic structure calculations.