Synthesis of heteroatomic Zintl anions in liquid ammonia – the new highly charged [Sn4Bi4]4− and fully ordered [Sn2Bi2]2−

Ute Friedrich; Maria Neumeier; Carina Koch; Nikolaus Korber

doi:10.1039/C2CC35380F

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Synthesis of heteroatomic Zintl anions in liquid ammonia – the new highly charged [Sn₄Bi₄]⁴⁻ and fully ordered [Sn₂Bi₂]²⁻†

Ute Friedrich,^a Maria Neumeier,^b Carina Koch^b and Nikolaus Korber*^a

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^b Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Abstract

The new Zintl anion [Sn₄Bi₄]⁴⁻, synthesized by dissolving CsSnBi in liquid ammonia, forms a monocapped nortricyclane-like cage. Its electron localization function (ELF) analysis shows evidence for 3-centre bonding. The analogous reaction with KSnBi results in a crystallographically fully ordered tetrahedral [Sn₂Bi₂]²⁻ ion.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC35380F
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 17 Feb 2012
Accepted: 05 Sep 2012
First published: 07 Sep 2012

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Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 10544-10546

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Synthesis of heteroatomic Zintl anions in liquid ammonia – the new highly charged [Sn₄Bi₄]⁴⁻ and fully ordered [Sn₂Bi₂]²⁻

U. Friedrich, M. Neumeier, C. Koch and N. Korber, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 10544 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC35380F

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