Slavi C. Sevov

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Synthesis and Characterization of RbLi(7)Ge(8) with Isolated closo-

Co(5)BP(3)O(14): The First Borophosphate with Planar BO(3) Groups Connected to PO(4) Tetrahedra.

Synthesis, Characterization, and Bonding of Heteroatomic Clusters: Na(13)Cd(20)E(7) (E = Pb, Sn), a Further Example of a Structure Containing Empty Icosahedra without an Element of Group 13.

Synthesis and Structure of the Zintl-Phase K(4)Pb(9) Containing Isolated Pb(9)(4)(-) Clusters of Two Different Geometries.

Deltahedral Clusters in Neat Solids: Synthesis and Structure of the Zintl Phase Cs(4)Pb(9) with Discrete Pb(9)(4-) Clusters.

Synthesis and characterization of Cs(5)P[Mo(4)O(14)(OH)](2).2H(2)O: a new molybdophosphate cluster with face-sharing MoO(6) octahedra.

A reduced polyoxomolybdenum borophosphate anion related to the Wells-Dawson clusters.

[Ph(2)Bi-(Ge(9))-BiPh(2)](2-): a deltahedral Zintl ion functionalized by exo-bonded ligands.

Naked clusters of 56 tin atoms in the solid state.

KBa(2)InAs(3) with coexisting monomers of [In(2)As(7)](13-) and their one-dimensional polymers.

Niobium-arsenic Zintl phases: A(6)NbAs(5) (A = K, Rb, Cs), K(6)NbTlAs(4), and K(8)NbPbAs(5) with edge-bridged niobium-centered tetrahedra of arsenic, [NbAs(4)M](n-) where M = As, Tl, Pb.

Synthesis and characterization of [Mo(7)O(16)(O(3)PCH(2)PO(3))(3)]:(8-) a mixed-valent polyoxomolybdenum diphosphonate anion with octahedrally and tetrahedrally coordinated molybdenum.

[Ge(9)=Ge(9)=Ge(9)](6-): a linear trimer of 27 germanium atoms.

Synthesis and characterization of K(38)Nb(7)As(24) and Cs(9)Nb(2)As(6): the first mixed-valence transition-metal Zintl phases.

Cubane with a handle: [[In(3)As(4)Nb]-As](7-) in Cs(7)NbIn(3)As(5).

Synthesis and characterization of transition-metal zintl phases: K(10)NbInAs(6) and K(9)Nb(2)As(6).

[Mo5VMo7VIO30(BPO4)2(O3P-Ph)6]5-: a phenyl-substituted molybdenum(V/VI) boro-phosphate polyoxometalate.

[Ge9=Ge9=Ge9=Ge9]8-: a linear tetramer of nine-atom germanium clusters, a nanorod.

Novel mixed-valence heteropolyoxometalates: a molybdenum diphosphonate anion [MoV7MoVIO16(O3PPhPO3H)4]3- and its one- and two-dimensional assemblies.

Derivatization of deltahedral Zintl ions by nucleophilic addition: [Ph-Ge9-SbPh2]2- and [Ph2Sb-Ge9-Ge9-SbPh2]4-.

Synthesis and characterization of transition-metal Zintl phases: Cs24Nb2In12As18 and Cs13Nb2In6As10 with isolated complex anions.

Naked deltahedral silicon clusters in solution: synthesis and characterization of Si9(3-) and Si5(2-).

Synthesis, characterization, and electronic structure of Ba5In4Bi5: an acentric and one-electron deficient phase.

Rationally functionalized deltahedral zintl ions: synthesis and characterization of [Ge9-ER3]3-, [R3E-Ge9-ER3]2-, and [R3E-Ge9-Ge9-ER3]4- (E=Ge, Sn; R=Me, Ph).

Reversible repositioning of zinc atoms within single crystals of a zinc polycarboxylate with an open-framework structure.

Heavy-metal aromatic rings: cyclopentadienyl anion analogues Sn5(6-) and Pb5(6-) in the Zintl Phases Na8BaPb6, Na8BaSn6, and Na8EuSn6.

Ligand-free deltahedral clusters of silicon in solution: synthesis, structure, and electrochemistry of Si9(2-).

[(Pd-Pd)@Ge18]4-: a palladium dimer inside the largest single-cage deltahedron.

[(Ni-Ni-Ni)@(Ge9)2]4-: a linear triatomic nickel filament enclosed in a dimer of nine-atom germanium clusters.

Heavy-metal aromatic and conjugated species: rings, oligomers, and chains of tin in Li(9)(-)(x)EuSn(6+)(x), Li(9)(-)(x)CaSn(6+)(x), Li(5)Ca(7)Sn(11), Li(6)Eu(5)Sn(9), LiMgEu(2)Sn(3), and LiMgSr(2)Sn(3).

Deltahedral germanium clusters: insertion of transition-metal atoms and addition of organometallic fragments.

In search of benzene-like Sn6(6-): synthesis of Na4CaSn6 with interconnected cyclohexane-like Sn6(6-).

[Zn9Bi11]5-: a ligand-free intermetalloid cluster.

Analysis of the effect of spin-orbit coupling on the electronic structure and excitation spectrum of the Bi2(2-) anion in (K-crypt)2Bi2 on the basis of relativistic electronic structure calculations.

Alkylation of Deltahedral Zintl clusters: synthesis of [R-Ge9-Ge9-R]4- (R = tBu, sBu, nBu, tAm and structure of [tBu-Ge9-Ge9-tBu]4-.

In search of cyclohexane-like Sn6(12-): synthesis of Li2Ln5Sn7 (Ln = Ce, Pr, Sm, Eu) with an open-chain heptane-like Sn7(16-) instead.

Hydrogen-bonded metal-complex sulfonate (MCS) inclusion compounds: effect of the guest molecule on the host framework.

Heteroatomic deltahedral clusters: synthesis and structures of closo-[Bi3Ni(4)(CO)6]3-, closo-[Bi4Ni4(CO)6]2-, the open cluster [Bi3Ni6(CO)9]3-, and the intermetalloid closo-[Nix@[Bi6Ni6(CO)8)]4-.

Addition of alkenes to deltahedral zintl clusters by reaction with alkynes: synthesis and structure of [Fc-CH=CH-Ge9-CH=CH-Fc]2-, an organo-zintl-organometallic anion.

Organo-Zintl clusters soluble in conventional organic solvents: setting the stage for organo-Zintl cluster chemistry.

Synthesis, structures, and magnetic properties of metal-coordination polymers with benzenepentacarboxylate linkers.

Tin-based organo-Zintl ions: alkylation and alkenylation of Sn9(4-).

Functionalization of nine-atom deltahedral Zintl ions with organic substituents: detailed studies of the reactions.

Metal-organic frameworks with direct transition metal-sulfonate interactions and charge-assisted hydrogen bonds.

Isolated Co15 clusters and their assembly into a 3D network: conformation-directed synthesis.

Heteroatomic deltahedral zintl ions of group 14 and their alkenylation.

The elusive closo-Ge(10)(2-) Zintl ion: finally "captured" as a ligand in the complex [Ge(10)Mn(CO)(4)](3-).

Addition of a thallium vertex to empty and centered nine-atom deltahedral zintl ions of germanium and tin.

"n-Doping" of deltahedral Zintl ions.

Metal-centered deltahedral Zintl ions: synthesis of [Ni@Sn9]4- by direct extraction from intermetallic precursors and of the vertex-fused dimer [{Ni@Sn8(μ-Ge)(1/2)}2]4-.

Hydrogen-bonded inclusion compounds with reversed polarity: anionic metal-complexes and cationic organic linkers.

Rational Synthesis of [Ge(9){Si(SiMe(3))(3)}(3)](-) from Its Parent Zintl Ion Ge(9)(4-).