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Chemical Science

A new, centered 32-electron system: the predicted [U@Si20]6−-like isoelectronic series

Jean-Pierre Dognon,*a   Carine Clavaguérab  and  Pekka Pyykkö*c  

* Corresponding authors

a CEA/Saclay, UMR 3299 CEA/CNRS SIS2M, Laboratoire de chimie de coordination des éléments f, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
E-mail: jean-pierre.dognon@cea.fr

b Laboratoire des mécanismes réactionnels, Département de chimie, École polytechnique, CNRS, 91128 Palaiseau cedex, France

c Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O.Box 55, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
E-mail: Pekka.Pyykko@helsinki.fi

Abstract

In addition to Lewis' octets and Langmuir's 18-electron principle, 32-electron centered systems are possible. We now propose a new, third example on 32e-bonding between a central metal atom and a ligand cage. Moreover, these actinide-filled Si20 clusters could lead to novel silicon nanostructures.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2SC20448G
Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
14 Apr 2012
Accepted
18 Jun 2012
First published
21 Jun 2012

Chem. Sci., 2012,3, 2843-2848

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A new, centered 32-electron system: the predicted [U@Si20]6−-like isoelectronic series

J. Dognon, C. Clavaguéra and P. Pyykkö, Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, 2843 DOI: 10.1039/C2SC20448G

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