[Ge8(Mo(CO)3)2]4−: an unprecedented 20-electron empty ten-vertex Zintl cluster

• DOI: 10.1039/c4cc00518j
• Publication Date: 2014-02-18T16:02:43Z
• Authors: Yi Wang; Qian Qin; Jinyun Wang; Ruili Sang; Li Xu
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

The unprecedented ten-vertex Zintl anion with the two vertices occupied by transition metal fragments, [Ge8(Mo(CO)3)2]4−, has been synthesized and structurally characterized, representing first example of 20-electron empty clusters. less cluster-bonding electrons result in a markedly distorted bicapped square antiprismatic structure featuring up-expanded down-compressed squares.