Isolation of an organometallic yttrium bismuth cluster and elucidation of its electronic structure

Elizabeth R Pugliese; Florian Benner; Selvan Demir

doi:10.1039/d3cc04520j

Isolation of an organometallic yttrium bismuth cluster and elucidation of its electronic structure

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Dec 14;59(100):14791-14794. doi: 10.1039/d3cc04520j.

Authors

Elizabeth R Pugliese¹, Florian Benner¹, Selvan Demir¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, 578 South Shaw Lane, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA. sdemir@chemistry.msu.edu.

PMID: 37964747
DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04520j

Abstract

A rare organometallic yttrium bismuth cluster complex with a heterometallocubane structure at the core was isolated and characterised by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The anionic Bi₆^6- core is best described as a Zintl ion. Computational exploration of its electronic structure reveals polarised Y-Bi bonds alongside delocalisation of the Bi-Bi bonds.