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Science 4 September 1998:
Vol. 281. no. 5382, p. 1413
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5382.1413b
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Zintl compounds, which consist of polyatomic post-transition metal anions and alkali or alkaline earth metal cations, are well known in chemistry, but the synthesis of single component materials generally requires very high temperatures and specialized techniques. Beswick et al. (p. 1500) describe a low-temperature solution synthesis of a Zintl compound from a single precursor molecule, which allows high stoichiometric control under mild conditions. Other heterometallic phases may also be accessible through this synthetic strategy.




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