Lithium metal atoms fill vacancies in the germanium network of a type-I clathrate: Synthesis and structural characterization of Ba8Li5Ge41
Ghosh, Kowsik; Ovchinnikov, Alexander; Baitinger, Michael; Krnel, Mitja; Burkhardt, Ulrich; Grin, Yuri; Bobev, Svilen; Dalton Transactions  (2023) –; doi:10.1039/D3DT01168B

data_7713079
_publ_section_title
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 Lithium metal atoms fill vacancies in the germanium network of a type-I
 clathrate: Synthesis and structural characterization of Ba8Li5Ge41
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_journal_name_full               'Dalton Transactions'
_journal_paper_doi               10.1039/D3DT01168B
_journal_year                    2023
_chemical_formula_moiety         'C22 H32 N4 O2 Zn2'
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Olex2 1.5
(compiled 2022.04.07 svn.rca3783a0 for OlexSys, GUI svn.r6498)
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_audit_update_record
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2022-06-27 deposited with the CCDC.	2023-05-17 downloaded from the CCDC.
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_cell_measurement_temperature    100.0(1)
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SADABS-2016/2 (Bruker,2016) was used for absorption correction.
wR2(int) was 0.0643 before and 0.0576 after correction.
The Ratio of minimum to maximum transmission is 0.8731.
The \l/2 correction factor is Not present.
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'The material was recrystallised from DCM by slow evaporation'
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_refine_ls_structure_factor_coef Fsqd
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'w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0197P)^2^+3.0925P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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_reflns_number_gt                1456
_reflns_number_total             1888
_reflns_threshold_expression     'I > 2\s(I)'
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_cod_data_source_block           compound_1c
_cod_original_sg_symbol_Hall     '-C 2bc 2'
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_olex2_refinement_description
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1. Fixed Uiso
 At 1.2 times of:
  All C(H) groups, All C(H,H) groups
 At 1.5 times of:
  All C(H,H,H) groups
2. Others
 Fixed Sof: O1(0.5) N1(0.5) N2(0.5) C1(0.5) C2(0.5) C3(0.5) H3(0.5) C4(0.5)
 H4(0.5) C5(0.5) H5(0.5) C6(0.5) H6(0.5) C7(0.5) H7(0.5) C8(0.5) H8A(0.5)
 H8B(0.5) H8C(0.5) C9(0.5) H9A(0.5) H9B(0.5) H9C(0.5) C10(0.5) H10A(0.5)
 H10B(0.5) C11(0.5) H11A(0.5) H11B(0.5) H11C(0.5)
3.a Secondary CH2 refined with riding coordinates:
 C10(H10A,H10B)
3.b Aromatic/amide H refined with riding coordinates:
 C3(H3), C4(H4), C5(H5), C6(H6), C7(H7)
3.c Idealised Me refined as rotating group:
 C8(H8A,H8B,H8C), C9(H9A,H9B,H9C), C11(H11A,H11B,H11C)
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_shelx_res_checksum              36493
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_olex2_diffrn_ambient_temperature_device 'Oxford Cryosystems'
_olex2_submission_special_instructions 'No special instructions were received'