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J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Aug 06;130(31):10068-9. doi: 10.1021/ja803322k. Epub 2008 Jul 10.

(CrCl3)3@2[C4mim][OMe]-molecular cluster-type chromium(III) chloride stabilized in a salt matrix.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Bert Mallick, Harald Kierspel, Anja-Verena Mudring

Affiliations

  1. Anorganische Chemie I-Festkörperchemie and Materialien, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum.

PMID: 18613682 DOI: 10.1021/ja803322k

Abstract

In [C4mim]2[CrCl3]3[OMe]2 molecular (CrCl3)3 units are embedded in a salt matrix of [C4mim][OMe]. This structural subunit can be viewed as a trapped molecular polymorph of CrCl3. Experimental and theoretical investigations indicate that, in contrast to bulk CrCl3, metal-metal bonds are formed at low temperatures.

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