Synthesis and Structure of an Anionic Ga26R8 Cluster with a Metalloid Core

Abstract

A section of the gallium high-pressure modification GaIII is represented by the metalloid cluster core (see picture) of the Ga26 cluster anion, which forms along with further gallium cluster compounds, in a reaction of sonochemically prepared “Ga2I3” with [Li(thf)3{Si(SiMe3)3}].