Exploring the Potential Energy Surface of Trimetallic Deltahedral Zintl Ions: Lowest-Energy [Sn6Ge2Bi]3– and [(Sn6Ge2Bi)2]4– Structures

• Published in: Inorganic chemistry Vol. 58; no. 15; pp. 10057 - 10064
• Main Authors: Báez-Grez, Rodrigo, Garza, Jorge, Vásquez-Espinal, Alejandro, Osorio, Edison, Rabanal-León, Walter A, Yañez, Osvaldo, Tiznado, William
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 05.08.2019

The synthesis and structural characterization of the dimer [(Sn6Ge2Bi)2]4– raise the possibility of obtaining a broad variety of analogous compounds with different Sn/Ge/Bi proportions. Several combinations of nine atoms have been detected by electrospray mass spectrometry as potential assembly unit...