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Why Do Five Ga+ Cations Form a Ligand-Stabilized [Ga5 ]5+ Pentagon and How Does a 5:1 Salt Pack in the Solid State?


ABSTRACT: The reaction of the Ga+ source [Ga(PhF)2 ]+ [Al(ORF )4 ]- with the neutral ?-donor ligand dmap (4-Me2 N-C6 H4 N) produces the unexpectedly large and fivefold positively charged cluster cation salt [Ga5 (dmap)10 ]5+ ([Al(ORF )4 ]- )5 . It includes a regular and planar Ga5 pentagon with strong metal-metal bonding. Additionally, the compound represents the first salt in which an ionic 1:5 packing is realized. We discuss the nature of this structure which results from the conversion of the non-bonding 4s2 lone-pair orbitals into fully Ga-Ga-bonding orbitals and the solid-state arrangement of the ions constituting the lattice as an almost orthohexagonal AX5 lattice, possibly the aristotype of any 5:1 salt.

SUBMITTER: Glootz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6790617 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Why Do Five Ga<sup>+</sup> Cations Form a Ligand-Stabilized [Ga<sub>5</sub> ]<sup>5+</sup> Pentagon and How Does a 5:1 Salt Pack in the Solid State?

Glootz Kim K   Himmel Daniel D   Kratzert Daniel D   Butschke Burkhard B   Scherer Harald H   Krossing Ingo I  

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20190828 40


The reaction of the Ga<sup>+</sup> source [Ga(PhF)<sub>2</sub> ]<sup>+</sup> [Al(OR<sup>F</sup> )<sub>4</sub> ]<sup>-</sup> with the neutral σ-donor ligand dmap (4-Me<sub>2</sub> N-C<sub>6</sub> H<sub>4</sub> N) produces the unexpectedly large and fivefold positively charged cluster cation salt [Ga<sub>5</sub> (dmap)<sub>10</sub> ]<sup>5+</sup> ([Al(OR<sup>F</sup> )<sub>4</sub> ]<sup>-</sup> )<sub>5</sub> . It includes a regular and planar Ga<sub>5</sub> pentagon with strong metal-metal bonding.  ...[more]

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