A Fully Encapsulated Acetylenediide in Ag2 C2 ⋅8 AgF

Guo-Cong Guo; Gong-Du Zhou; Qi-Guang Wang; Thomas C W Mak

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980316)37:5<630::AID-ANIE630>3.0.CO;2-K

A Fully Encapsulated Acetylenediide in Ag₂ C₂ ⋅8 AgF

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1998 Mar 16;37(5):630-632. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980316)37:5<630::AID-ANIE630>3.0.CO;2-K.

Authors

Guo-Cong Guo¹, Gong-Du Zhou¹, Qi-Guang Wang¹, Thomas C W Mak¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong (China), Fax: (+852) 26035057.

PMID: 29711066
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980316)37:5<630::AID-ANIE630>3.0.CO;2-K

Abstract

The reaction of Ag₂ C₂ with a concentrated aqueous solution of AgF leads to the title compound, in which the dianion C₂^2- is completely enclosed in the Ag₉ cage of a chandelierlike arrangement of ten silver atoms.

Keywords: Acetylene; Carbides; Clusters; Fluorine; Silver.