How to overcome Coulomb explosions in labile dications by using the [B(12)Cl(12)](2-) dianion.
The dicationic homoleptic lithium-sulfur dioxide complex [Li(2)(SO(2))(8)](2+) in [Li(2)(SO(2))(8)][B(12)Cl(12)] has been characterized by X-ray diffraction; [Li(2)(SO(2))(8)](2+) is stabilized in the solid state by the weakly-coordinating dianion [B(12)Cl(12)](2-) and the high lattice enthalpy of the resulting dication-dianion salt.
Knapp
Carsten
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Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Albertstr. 21, 79104 Freiburg i. Br., Germany. carsten.knapp@ac.uni-freiburg.de
Schulz
Christoph
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