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Pentagermapyramidane: Crystallizing the “Transition‐State” Structure |
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| Authors: | Dr Vladimir Ya Lee Dr Yuki Ito Dr Olga A Gapurenko Prof?Dr Akira Sekiguchi Prof?Dr Vladimir I Minkin Prof?Dr Ruslan M Minyaev Prof?Dr Heinz Gornitzka |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1‐1‐1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305‐8571, Ibaraki (Japan);2. Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry, Southern Federal University, 194/2 Stachki Ave. Rostov on Don 344090 (Russian Federation);3. CNRS, LCC, Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, 205 route de Narbonne, BP 44099, F‐31077 Toulouse, Cedex 4 (France) |
| Abstract: | The first example of the homonuclear pyramidanes, pentagermapyramidane, was synthesized, fully characterized, and computationally studied to reveal its peculiar structural features and the nature of its apex‐to‐base bonding interactions. Both solid‐state and solution structures of pentagermapyramidane are discussed based on the computed stabilities of its square‐pyramidal and distorted forms. |
| Keywords: | cage compounds density functional calculations germanium NMR spectroscopy X‐ray diffraction |