Bi4 Te44+ -A Cube-Shaped, Polycationic Main Group Element Cluster

Johannes Beck; Michael Dolg; Stefan Schlüter

doi:10.1002/1521-3773(20010618)40:12<2287::AID-ANIE2287>3.0.CO;2-M

Bi₄ Te₄⁴⁺ -A Cube-Shaped, Polycationic Main Group Element Cluster

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2001 Jun 18;40(12):2287-2290. doi: 10.1002/1521-3773(20010618)40:12<2287::AID-ANIE2287>3.0.CO;2-M.

Authors

Johannes Beck¹, Michael Dolg², Stefan Schlüter¹

Affiliations

¹ Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Bonn Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, 53121 Bonn (Germany) Fax: (+49) 228-735660.
² Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie der Universität Bonn Wegelerstrasse 12, 53115 Bonn (Germany).

PMID: 29711828
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20010618)40:12<2287::AID-ANIE2287>3.0.CO;2-M

Abstract

Two valence electrons more than in square-antiprismatic 38-electron clusters such as Bi₈²⁺ or Sn₈^6- : This is the reason for the unusual cube-shaped structure of the cation Bi₄ Te₄⁴⁺ , which is obtained as the chloroaluminate salt from acidic AlCl₃ /Na[AlCl₄ ] melts.

Keywords: ab initio calculations; bismuth; cluster compounds; polycations; tellurium.