[Hg(3)(Ge(9))(4)](10-): a nanometric molecular rod precursor to polymeric mercury-linked cluster chains.
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.
Denning
Mark S
MS
Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, U.K.OX1 3TA.
Goicoechea
Jose M
JM