Abstract: | The Zintl anion (Ge2As2)2? represents an isostructural and isoelectronic binary counterpart of yellow arsenic, yet without being studied with the same intensity so far. Upon introducing (PPh3)AuMe] into the 1,2‐diaminoethane (en) solution of (Ge2As2)2?, the heterometallic cluster anion Au6(Ge3As)(Ge2As2)3]3? is obtained as its salt K(crypt‐222)]3Au6(Ge3As)(Ge2As2)3]?en?2 tol ( 1 ). The anion represents a rare example of a superpolyhedral Zintl cluster, and it comprises the largest number of Au atoms relative to main group (semi)metal atoms in such clusters. The overall supertetrahedral structure is based on a (non‐bonding) octahedron of six Au atoms that is face‐capped by four (GexAs4?x)x? (x=2, 3) units. The Au atoms bind to four main group atoms in a rectangular manner, and this way hold the four units together to form this unprecedented architecture. The presence of one (Ge3As)3? unit besides three (Ge2As2)2? units as a consequence of an exchange reaction in solution was verified by detailed quantum chemical (DFT) calculations, which ruled out all other compositions besides Au6(Ge3As)(Ge2As2)3]3?. Reactions of the heavier homologues (Tt2Pn2)2? (Tt=Sn, Pb; Pn=Sb, Bi) did not yield clusters corresponding to that in 1 , but dimers of ternary nine‐vertex clusters, {AuTt5Pn3]2}4? (in 2 – 4 ; Tt/Pn=Sn/Sb, Sn/Bi, Pb/Sb), since the underlying pseudo‐tetrahedral units comprising heavier atoms do not tend to undergo the said exchange reactions as readily as (Ge2As2)2?, according to the DFT calculations. |