Issue 1, 2020

Current advances in tin cluster chemistry

Abstract

This perspective summarizes highlights and most recent advances in tin cluster chemistry, thereby addressing the whole diversity of (mostly) discrete units containing tin atoms. Although being a (semi-)metallic element, tin is in the position to occur both in formally positive or negative oxidation states in these molecules, which causes a broad range of fundamentally different properties of the corresponding compounds. Tin(IV) compounds are not as oxophilic and not as prone to hydrolysis as related Si or Ge compounds, hence allowing for easier handling and potential application. Nevertheless, their reactivity is high due to an overall reduction of bond energies, which makes tin clusters interesting candidates for functional compounds. Beside aspects that point towards bioactivity or even medical applications, materials composed of naked or ligand-protected tin clusters, with or without bridging ligands, show interesting optical, and ion/molecule-trapping properties.

Graphical abstract: Current advances in tin cluster chemistry

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
30 aug 2019
Accepted
19 okt 2019
First published
21 okt 2019
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 16-26

Current advances in tin cluster chemistry

B. Peters, N. Lichtenberger, E. Dornsiepen and S. Dehnen, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 16 DOI: 10.1039/C9SC04363B

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