1. School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD (UK), Fax: (+44)?115‐9513‐555, http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/staffrole.php?id=ODA4NDQz&page_var=personal;2. Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR (UK), Fax: (+44)?1865‐272‐690, http://users.ox.ac.uk/～quee1989/
Abstract:
Inner virtue : The reaction of [Mo0(GaCp*)6] with ZnMe2 yields the novel multinuclear zinc system [MoZn12Me9Cp*3] which geometrically resembles a classical Wade–Mingos cluster (with an interstitial molybdenum atom, see picture). In reality, its electronic structure features little direct Zn? Zn bonding, relying instead on Mo? Zn three‐center, two‐electron bonds spanning the body diagonals of the approximately icosahedral framework.
