Citation: Ya-Shan Huang, Wen-Juan Tian, Jing-Xuan Zhang, Zhong-Ming Sun. Rational synthesis of highly charged E₉ (E = Ge, Sn) dimer and trimer with Nb/Au bridges[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2026, 37(5): 110827. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.110827 shu

Rational synthesis of highly charged E₉ (E = Ge, Sn) dimer and trimer with Nb/Au bridges

Ya-Shan Huang ^a ,
Wen-Juan Tian ^{b, *,} ,
Jing-Xuan Zhang ^{c, *,} ,
Zhong-Ming Sun ^{a, *,}

a.
State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Tianjin Key Lab of Rare Earth Materials and Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
b.
Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
c.
Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China

tianwenjuan@sxu.edu.cn

jzhangbm@connect.ust.hk

sunlab@nankai.edu.cn

Received Date: 26 November 2024
Revised Date: 24 December 2024
Accepted Date: 6 January 2025
Available Online: 9 January 2025

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Oxidation-coupled clusters of [E₉]^4– are rarely synthesised, and the investigation of their reactivity is profoundly hindered by their high charge and limited yield. In this study, we successfully synthesized two Nb-containing clusters [(Ge₉–Ge₉)(NbCp₂)₂]^4– (1a) and [(Ge₉=Ge₉=Ge₉)NbCp₂]^5– (2a), by reacting [Ge₉–Ge₉]^6– and [Ge₉=Ge₉=Ge₉]^6– with NbCp₄. Theoretical calculations indicate that the formation of 1a and 2a from dimer and trimer is thermodynamically favorable. Furthermore, a Au-containing cluster incorporating the dimeric [Sn₉–Sn₉]^6– cluster, [Au(Sn₉–Sn₉)]^5– (3a), was successfully synthesized, despite the inability to independently synthesize [Sn₉–Sn₉]^6–. A systematic bonding analysis was conducted on these newly synthesized clusters and their parent structures to investigate their bonding patterns.
- Oxidation-coupled clusters,
- Germanium cluster,
- Tin cluster,
- FAMO analysis,
- PIO analysis
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