Main Group Metal Clusters Research Articles

Synthesis of main-group metal clusters in organic solvents

Oxidation of bismuth metal by GaIII in GaCl3–benzene solution produces the subvalent species Bi+ and Bi53+, which are characterized by liquid X-ray scattering, Raman and UV–VIS spectroscopy.

Metal cluster expansion by addition of low-valent group 4B reagents: crystal and molecular structure of [Os3SnH2(CO)10{CH(SiMe3)2}2]; a compound with hydrogen bridging osmium and tin

Cluster expansion of [Os3H2(CO)10] with [SnR2][R = CH(SiMe3)2] take place in high yield to give [Os3SnH2(CO)10R2], the first closed triosmium–main-group metal cluster to be structurally characterized; a novel feature is the presence of a hydrogen atom bridging the tin atom and one of the osmium atoms.