Phosphine-stabilized copper-antimony clusters: Syntheses, structures, and theoretical investigations of [Cu12(SbSiMe3) 6(PiPr3)6], [Cu40Sb 12(PMe3)20], and [Cu45Sb 16(PEt2Me)16]

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 3932-3936

  Ahlrichs, Reinhart ^a   Fenske, Dieter ^a   McPartlin, Mary ^b   Rothenberger, Alexander ^a   Schrodt, Claudia ^c   Wieber, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimony; Cluster compounds; Copper; Density functional calculations; Molecular alloys

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COPPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

MOLECULAR ALLOYS; PHOSPHINE;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

EID: 21244486794     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200500593     Document Type: Article

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