[Ga@Bi10(NbMes)2]3−: a linear Nb–GaI–Nb filament coordinated by a bismuth cage

Lei Qiao; Tao Yang; Gernot Frenking; Zhong-Ming Sun

doi:10.1039/D3CC00631J

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[Ga@Bi₁₀(NbMes)₂]³⁻: a linear Nb–Ga^I–Nb filament coordinated by a bismuth cage†

Lei Qiao,^a Tao Yang,

*^b Gernot Frenking

^cd and Zhong-Ming Sun

*^a

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^a State Key Laboratory of Element-Organic Chemistry, Tianjin Key Lab for Institution Rare Earth Materials and Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, Tianjin, China
E-mail: sunlab@nankai.edu.cn

^b MOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
E-mail: taoyang1@xjtu.edu.cn

^c Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P.K. 1072, Donostia 20080, Euskadi, Spain

^d Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, Marburg 35043, Germany

Abstract

In this work, we report a low-valent Ga(I) complex, [Ga@Bi₁₀(NbMes)₂]³⁻, with a linear Nb–Ga–Nb fragment, representing the first compound with Nb–Ga and Nb–Bi bonds. Quantum-chemical calculations reveal that the complex is an electron-precise cluster. The possible fragmentation pathway of the title cluster was studied by using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and theoretical calculations.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CC00631J
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 13 Feb 2023
Accepted: 08 Mar 2023
First published: 08 Mar 2023

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Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 4024-4027

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[Ga@Bi₁₀(NbMes)₂]³⁻: a linear Nb–Ga^I–Nb filament coordinated by a bismuth cage

L. Qiao, T. Yang, G. Frenking and Z. Sun, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 4024 DOI: 10.1039/D3CC00631J

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