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Inorganics, Volume 7, Issue 4

April 2019 - 14 articles

Cover Story: The cover shows sections of the X-ray diffraction pattern and the crystal structure of the low-temperature form of the new bismuth-cluster compound (Bi8)Tl[AlCl4]3. This metal-rich salt was synthesized from bismuth, BiCl3 and TlCl under Lewis-acidic ionothermal conditions in an ionic liquid. The basic motif of the structure is a hexagonal perovskite, including Bi82+ polycations and [AlCl4]– anions. At room temperature, the Bi82+ square-antiprisms show dynamic rotational disorder, i.e. flipping between different energetically equivalent orientations. The one-dimensional strands, which are formed by [AlCl4]– tetrahedra and icosahedrally coordinated Tl+ cations, remain widely unaffected. Slow cooling results in a long-range ordered superstructure with lower symmetry and a larger unit cell. View Paper here.
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Articles (14)

  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
8,366 Views
30 Pages

The catalytic cycle of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII) comprises five intermediate states Si (i = 0–4), from the most reduced S0 state to the most oxidized S4, which spontaneously evolves dioxygen. The precise geometr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,950 Views
18 Pages

Wilson disease is an inherited disorder caused by mutations in the ATP7B gene resulting in copper metabolism disturbances. As a consequence, copper accumulates in different organs with most common presentation in liver and brain. Chelating agents tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,732 Views
19 Pages

Pyridine-2,6-Dicarboxylic Acid Esters (pydicR2) as O,N,O-Pincer Ligands in CuII Complexes

  • Katharina Butsch,
  • Aaron Sandleben,
  • Maryam Heydari Dokoohaki,
  • Amin Reza Zolghadr and
  • Axel Klein

The pyridine-2,6-carboxylic esters pydicR2 with R = Me or Ph form the unprecedented mononuclear CuII complexes [Cu(pydicR2)Cl3]− in one-pot reactions starting from pyridine-2,6-carboxychloride pydicCl2, CuII chloride, and NEt3 in MeOH or PhOH s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,482 Views
10 Pages

Density Functional Theory and Complete Active Space Self-Consistent Field (CASSCF) methodologies are used to explore the electronic structure of the cationic V–N clusters, [V4N4]+ and [V6N6]+, that have been identified in recent mass spectromet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,725 Views
14 Pages

The lowest-energy isomer of C 2 Si 2 H 4 is determined by high-accuracy ab initio calculations to be the bridged four-membered ring 1,2-didehydro-1,3-disilabicyclo[1.1.0]butane (1), contrary to prior theoretical and experimental...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,859 Views
11 Pages

The electrochemical reduction of the complex [Fe2(CO)6{µ-(SCH2)2GeMe2}] (1) under N2 and CO is reported applying cyclic voltammetry. Reduction of complex 1 in CO saturated solutions prevents the possible release of CO from the dianion 12−...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,880 Views
18 Pages

The pyrochlore structure (A2B2O7) has been an object of consistent study by materials scientists largely due to the stability of the cubic lattice with respect to a wide variety of chemical species on the A or B sites. The criterion for stability und...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,861 Views
17 Pages

Stabilization of Supramolecular Networks of Polyiodides with Protonated Small Tetra-azacyclophanes

  • Matteo Savastano,
  • Álvaro Martínez-Camarena,
  • Carla Bazzicalupi,
  • Estefanía Delgado-Pinar,
  • José M. Llinares,
  • Palma Mariani,
  • Begoña Verdejo,
  • Enrique García-España and
  • Antonio Bianchi

Polyiodide chemistry is among the first historically reported examples of supramolecular forces at work. To date, owing to the increasingly recognized role of halogen bonding and the incorporation of iodine-based components in several devices, it rem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
6,130 Views
23 Pages

A Continuum from Halogen Bonds to Covalent Bonds: Where Do λ3 Iodanes Fit?

  • Seth Yannacone,
  • Vytor Oliveira,
  • Niraj Verma and
  • Elfi Kraka

The intrinsic bonding nature of λ 3 -iodanes was investigated to determine where its hypervalent bonds fit along the spectrum between halogen bonding and covalent bonding. Density functional theory with an augmented Dunning valence trip...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,170 Views
13 Pages

Understanding Factors that Control the Structural (Dis)Assembly of Sulphur-Bridged Bimetallic Sites

  • Riyadh Alrefai,
  • Henri Eggenweiler,
  • Hartmut Schubert and
  • Andreas Berkefeld

Bimetallic structures of the general type [M2(µ-S)2] are omnipresent in nature, for biological function [M2(µ-S)2] sites interconvert between electronically distinct, but isostructural, forms. Different from structure-function relationshi...

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Inorganics - ISSN 2304-6740