On the structure of heptalithium distannide: Li<sub>7</sub>Sn<sub>2</sub> or Li<sub>7-<i>x</i></sub>Sn<sub>2</sub> (0.3 < <i>x</i> < 0.5).
Rahman, Salina; Ghosh, Kowsik; Ovchinnikov, Alexander; Nandakumar, Anirudh; Chan, Candace K.; Bobev, Svilen; Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) 54 (2025) 12859–12867; doi:10.1039/d5dt01022e

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 On the structure of heptalithium distannide: Li<sub>7</sub>Sn<sub>2</sub>
 or Li<sub>7-<i>x</i></sub>Sn<sub>2</sub> (0.3 &lt; <i>x</i> &lt; 0.5).
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2025-04-16 deposited with the CCDC.	2025-07-23 downloaded from the CCDC.
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