Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.40, No.10, 2442-2445, 2001
Preparation and characterization of a tetranuclear and mixed-valence Nb(II)/Nb(III) diamagnetic Nb4Cl12Li2(THF)(8) cluster
A tetranuclear Nb(II)/Nb(III) cluster was formed upon treatment of NbCl4(THF)(2) with 2 equiv of Cy2NLi. [GRAPHICS]