Molecular-Metallic Binding Characteristics of the Intermetalloid f-/p-Block Cluster [(La@In₂Bi₁₁)₂Bi₂]⁶.

ABSTRACT: Main goals of contemporary research in chemistry are to create new materials with unique properties and to understand the chemical bonding in them, especially between metal atoms in larger structures. The isolation of a single lanthanide atom in a In/Bi cage offers a non-standard bonding situation, which deserves thorough exploration. In this study, the bonding behavior of La, In, and Bi atoms in the ternary cluster [(La@In₂Bi₁₁)₂Bi₂]^6- and the complex [La(C₅Me₄H)₃] used for its synthesis are characterized and compared by applying high energy resolution X-ray spectroscopy and computations. A clearly detectable covalent La(5d)─Bi(6p) interaction, induced in a highly electron-rich environment, is illustra

SUBMITTER: Ramanantoanina H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12416455 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature