E2(CN)2 (E = S, Se) and related compounds

Colin J Burchell; Petr Kilian; Alexandra M Z Slawin; J Derek Woollins; Karla Tersago; Christian Van Alsenoy; Frank Blockhuys

doi:10.1021/ic0515103

E2(CN)2 (E = S, Se) and related compounds

Inorg Chem. 2006 Jan 23;45(2):710-6. doi: 10.1021/ic0515103.

Authors

Colin J Burchell¹, Petr Kilian, Alexandra M Z Slawin, J Derek Woollins, Karla Tersago, Christian Van Alsenoy, Frank Blockhuys

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, Scotland, U.K.

PMID: 16411706
DOI: 10.1021/ic0515103

Abstract

A synthetic, spectroscopic, and theoretical study of Ex(CN)2 (E = S, Se; x = 1-3) is described. The X-ray structures of Se2(CN)2 and Se3(CN)2 have been determined. Se2(CN)2 crystallizes in a chiral space group with the CN groups approximately gauche.