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Trigonal Bipyramidal Clusters [Tl5]7−: Synthesis and Characterization of the Zintl Phase K7−xAxTl5 (A = Rb, Cs; 0 < x ≤ 2.35)
Schwinghammer, Vanessa F., Kovářík, Tomáš, Shenderovich, Ilya G.
, Minár, Ján and Gärtner, Stefanie
(2025)
Trigonal Bipyramidal Clusters [Tl5]7−: Synthesis and Characterization of the Zintl Phase K7−xAxTl5 (A = Rb, Cs; 0 < x ≤ 2.35).
Chemistry – A European Journal.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 18 Nov 2025 06:40
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.78070
Abstract
In alkali metal thallides, a huge variety of thallium clusters can be realized, which are surrounded only by alkali metals. In most cases, different cluster types are present in the crystal structures at the same time. One example is the [Tl5]7− trigonal bipyramid, which has only been observed beside [Tl9]9−, [Tl4]8−, [Tl3]7−, [Tl]5−, or [Tl8Cd3]10−. In the new ternary alkali metal thallide phase ...
In alkali metal thallides, a huge variety of thallium clusters can be realized, which are surrounded only by alkali metals. In most cases, different cluster types are present in the crystal structures at the same time. One example is the [Tl5]7− trigonal bipyramid, which has only been observed beside [Tl9]9−, [Tl4]8−, [Tl3]7−, [Tl]5−, or [Tl8Cd3]10−. In the new ternary alkali metal thallide phase K7−xAxTl5 (A = Rb, Cs; 0 < x ≤ 2.35), exclusively [Tl5]7− clusters are present, and the compound can be described as a salt-like Zintl-phase, where the electron count is balanced in terms of the anionic moiety and counter cations. This phase crystallizes in the orthorhombic noncentrosymmetric space group Ama2. Different temperature programs applied during synthesis suggested metastability, which was subsequently proven by DSC measurements. DFT calculations reveal a minimum in the DOS at EF and support the salt-like description. Dissolution experiments in the style of well-known group 14 and group 15 solution chemistry in liquid ammonia were performed and showed oxidation of the alkali metal thallide. Initial 205Tl NMR studies in liquid ammonia allow for the detection of the first signal of a dissolved thallium species emerging from a thallide Zintl phase.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Chemistry – A European Journal | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley | ||||
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| Date | 23 October 2025 | ||||
| Institutions | Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Anorganische Chemie Chemistry and Pharmacy > Central Analytical Services | ||||
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
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| Keywords | alkali metals • DFT • DSC • NMR spectroscopy • thallium • X-ray diffraction • Zintl phases | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 500 Natural sciences & mathematics 500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Partially | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-780706 | ||||
| Item ID | 78070 |
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