title: [Hg(3)(Ge(9))(4)](10-): a nanometric molecular rod precursor to polymeric mercury-linked cluster chains.
abstract: Reaction of an ethylenediamine solution of K(4)Ge(9) with Hg(C(6)H(5))(2) yielded [Hg(3)(Ge(9))(4)](10-), an unprecedented mercury-linked molecular rod consisting of four nine-atom germanium clusters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, U.K.OX1 3TA.
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Denning
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Goicoechea