The solid-state structures of dimethylzinc and diethylzinc

Bacsa, J, Hanke, F, Hindley, S, Odedra, R, Darling, GR ORCID: 0000-0001-9329-9993, Jones, AC and Steiner, A ORCID: 0000-0002-4315-6123 (2011) The solid-state structures of dimethylzinc and diethylzinc Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50 (49). pp. 11685-11687. ISSN 1433-7851, 1521-3773

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Abstract

Good things come to those who wait: More than 160 years after their discovery, we have determined the solid-state structures of the classic organometallic compounds dimethylzinc and diethylzinc by using X-ray crystallography and density functional theory. The study shows that the linear molecules form weak intermolecular interactions with small covalent contributions. Me <inf>2</inf>Zn undergoes a solid-solid phase transition at 180 K (see picture). Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Item Type:	Article
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	density functional calculations, organometallic compounds, solid-state structures, X-ray diffraction, zinc
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	26 Aug 2016 13:52
Last Modified:	01 Mar 2026 11:20
DOI:	10.1002/anie.201105099
Open Access URL:	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.20...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3003037
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