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Iowa State University

Anja V. Mudring

2008

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Seven-Coordinate Ruthenium Atoms Sequestered In Praseodymium Clusters In The Chloride {Rupr3}Cl3, Nina Hermann, Anja V. Mudring, Gerd Meyer Jan 2008

Seven-Coordinate Ruthenium Atoms Sequestered In Praseodymium Clusters In The Chloride {Rupr3}Cl3, Nina Hermann, Anja V. Mudring, Gerd Meyer

Anja V. Mudring

The first example for an endohedral transition-metal atom (Ru) sequestered in a seven-coordinate surrounding of rare-earth metal atoms (Pr) has been found for {RuPr3}Cl3. The monocapped trigonal prisms of Pr atoms share two rectangular faces, forming a zigzag chain with Ru−Ru distances of 308 pm. Intracluster bonding is dominated by Ru−Pr bonding with very little Ru−Ru bonding.