Issue 42, 2018

Recent developments in Zintl cluster chemistry

Abstract

Zintl anions have been known for more than a century and were studied systematically by Eduard Zintl in the 1930s. Since then, they have been investigated for their interesting structures, bonding, and physical properties – in solid Zintl phases, in solvate salts, and in solution. While their popularity remained limited for several decades, Zintl ion chemistry has recently experienced a renaissance as a result of breakthroughs regarding their modifications into multinary anions that include transition metal atoms, their organic derivatization, and their oxidative linkage. A plethora of reports from the past two decades – demonstrating the ever growing variety of Zintl ion chemistry – have been since summarized in several review articles. Herein, we intend to present the most recent developments, which also shed light on Zintl anions and clusters as useful precursors for materials development, as illustrated by one recent example.

Graphical abstract: Recent developments in Zintl cluster chemistry

Article information

Article type
Frontier
Submitted
03 8 2018
Accepted
14 9 2018
First published
15 9 2018

Dalton Trans., 2018,47, 14861-14869

Recent developments in Zintl cluster chemistry

R. J. Wilson, B. Weinert and S. Dehnen, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 14861 DOI: 10.1039/C8DT03174F

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