A new aluminum hydroxide octamer, [Al8(OH)14(H2O)18](SO4)5 x 16H2O.
A new aluminum hydroxide cluster with eight Al(III) ions linked together by a series of hydroxyl bridges as a sulfate salt has been synthesized from aqueous solution and characterized by X-ray crystallography and 27Al NMR spectroscopy.
Casey
William H
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Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA. whcasey@ucdavis.edu
Olmstead
Marilyn M
MM
Phillips
Brian L
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