Issue 38, 2008

Ge14[Ge(SiMe3)3]5Li3(THF)6: the largest metalloid cluster compound of germanium: on the way to fullerene-like compounds?

Abstract

The reaction of GeBr with LiGe(SiMe3)3 yields the largest metalloid cluster compound of germanium Ge14[Ge(SiMe3)3]5Li3(THF)6, in which 14 germanium atoms are arranged as a hollow sphere in the cluster core, showing that in the case of germanium also fullerene-like compounds might be present in the borderland between the molecular and solid states.

Graphical abstract: Ge14[Ge(SiMe3)3]5Li3(THF)6: the largest metalloid cluster compound of germanium: on the way to fullerene-like compounds?

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 May 2008
Accepted
11 Jul 2008
First published
07 Aug 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 4643-4645

Ge14[Ge(SiMe3)3]5Li3(THF)6: the largest metalloid cluster compound of germanium: on the way to fullerene-like compounds?

C. Schenk and A. Schnepf, Chem. Commun., 2008, 4643 DOI: 10.1039/B808279K

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