From organotin hydrides to heteronuclear main group metal compounds: isolation of the first neutral bismuth/tin clusters.

Beate G Steller Michaela Flock Roland C Fischer

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2021)

From conversions of Ar2SnH2 (Ar = Tripp, Dipp; Tripp = 2,4,6-Triisopropylphenyl, Dipp = 2,6-Diisopropylphenyl), and a bismuth(III) amide, Bi[N(SiMe3)2]3, we isolated the first representatives of mixed, uncharged Bi/Sn clusters, Bi8Sn3Ar6. Along with unprecedented bicyclo[2.2.0]hexanes, (HAr2Sn)2Sn2Bi4, these have been characterized by single crystal X-Ray diffraction, heteronuclear NMR, vibrational and UV-Vis spectroscopy. Quantum-chemical calculations were carried out in order to understand bonding within the isolated polyhedral compounds.

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high resolution
molecular dynamics
density functional theory
molecular dynamics simulations
solid state
magnetic resonance
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magnetic resonance imaging
single molecule
computed tomography
electron microscopy
crystal structure