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Low-temperature, high yield synthesis, and convenient isolation of the high-electron-density cluster compound Ta6Br14·8H2O for use in biomacromolecular crystallographic phase determination
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Low-temperature, high yield synthesis, and convenient isolation of the high-electron-density cluster compound Ta6Br14·8H2O for use in biomacromolecular crystallographic phase determination

Daniel N.T Hay and Louis Messerle
Journal of structural biology, Vol.139(3), pp.147-151
09/2002
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(02)00501-4

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Abstract

Reduction of TaBr5 with Ga in the presence of KBr in a sealed borosilicate ampule at 400°, followed by aqueous Soxhlet extraction and addition of stannous bromide and hydrobromic acid to the extract, yielded Ta6Br14·8H2O in 80–84% yield. The new procedure provides a convenient, low temperature, high yield route to the synthesis of the title compound from inexpensive precursors.

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