Dark-red O8molecules in solid oxygen: Rhomboid clusters, not S8-like rings

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1768-1771

  Steudel, Ralf ^a   Ming, Wah Wong ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; High pressure chemistry; Oxygen; Sulfur; interactions

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; SULFUR;

HIGH PRESSURE CHEMISTRY; RHOMBOID CLUSTERS;

OXYGEN;

EID: 84995345860     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200604410     Document Type: Review

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