Frontispiece: Ligand‐Supported E3 Clusters (E=Si–Sn). Issue 31 (1st June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pan, Sudip; Saha, Ranajit; Osorio, Edison; Chattaraj, Pratim K.; Frenking, Gernot; Merino, Gabriel
• Is Part Of: Chemistry. Volume 23:Issue 31(2017)
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• Publication Date: 2017-06-01
• Subjects: ab initio calculations -- carbene ligands -- cluster compounds -- donor–acceptor systems -- group 14 elements; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/chem.201783163
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0947-6539

Abstract

Abstract : E3 (E = Si, Ge, Sn) clusters can be stabilized via the coordination with different Lewis bases (L) like cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbene (cAAC), N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC), saturated NHC, mesoionic carbenes, trimethylamine, pyridine, phosphinine and trimethylphosphine. The Frontispiece depicts the main source of stabilization, namely, L→E σ‐donation and L←E π‐back‐donation in cAAC stabilized E3 complexes, the former being dominant. For more details, see the Full Paper by S. Pan, G. Frenking, G. Merino et al. onpage 7463 ff.