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(Crcl3)3@2[C4mim][Ome]—Molecular Cluster-Type Chromium(Iii) Chloride Stabilized In A Salt Matrix, Bert Mallick, Harald Kierspel, Anja V. Mudring Jan 2008

(Crcl3)3@2[C4mim][Ome]—Molecular Cluster-Type Chromium(Iii) Chloride Stabilized In A Salt Matrix, Bert Mallick, Harald Kierspel, Anja V. Mudring

Anja V. Mudring

In [C4mim]2[CrCl3]3[OMe]2 molecular (CrCl3)3 units are embedded in a salt matrix of [C4mim][OMe]. This structural subunit can be viewed as a trapped molecular polymorph of CrCl3. Experimental and theoretical investigations indicate that, in contrast to bulk CrCl3, metal−metal bonds are formed at low temperatures.


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.