CRYPTATIUM Species: Preparation and Characterization of a New Family of "Expanded Metal Type" Materials

这项推测性的研究涉及到一种新的材料家族的制备，称为CRYPTATIUMs，它来源于有机配体（隐基）和金属阳离子（隐基）之间的配合物。这些化合物可以被描述为内部或“分子内自由基阴离子-阳离子对”。金属由有机配体结合，该配体同时含有一个或多个不成对的电子。这些材料将通过还原适当的金属隐式物生成，并将在溶液和固相中使用循环伏安法、库仑法、ESR、电子光谱法、x射线衍射法等进行表征。CRYPTATIUMs作为电子材料的意义还有待探索。

This speculative research is concerned with the preparation of a new family of materials called CRYPTATIUMs derived from complexes between organic ligand (cryptands) and metal cations called cryptates. These compounds can be described as internal or "intramolecular radical anion-cation pairs." The metal is bond by an organic ligand which at the same time contains on or more unpaired electrons. These materials will be generated by reduction of appropriate metal cryptates and will be characterized both in solution and solid phase with cyclic voltametry, coulometry, ESR, electronic spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometry, etc. The significance of CRYPTATIUMs as electronic materials remains to be explored.