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تسجيل مستخدم جديدUnexplored reactivity of (Sn)2- Oligomers with transition metals in low-temperature solid-state reactions
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Chalcogenides (Q = S, Se, Te), one of the most important family of materials in solid-state chemistry, differ from oxides by their ability to form covalently-bonded (Qn)2- oligomers. Each chalcogen atom within such entity fulfills the octet rule by sharing electrons with other chalcogen atoms but some antibonding levels are vacant. This makes these oligomers particularly suited for redox reactions in solid state, namely towards elemental metals with a low redox potential that may be oxidized. We recently used this strategy to design, at low temperature and in an orientated manner, materials with 2D infinite layers through the topochemical insertion of copper into preformed precursors containing (S2)2- and/or (Se2)2- dimers (i.e. La2O2S2, Ba2F2S2 and LaSe2). Herein we extend the validity of the concept to the redox activity of (S2)2- and (S3)2- oligomers towards 3d transition metal elements (Cu, Ni, Fe) and highlight the strong relationship between the structures of the precursors, BaS2 and BaS3, and the products, BaCu2S2, BaCu4S3, BaNiS2 and BaFe2S3. Clearly, beyond the natural interest for the chemical reactivity of oligomers to generate compounds, this soft chemistry route may conduct to the rational conception of materials with a predicted crystal structure.
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