Reaction of the thermo-labile triazenide Na[tBu3SiNNNSiMe3] with CO2: formation of the imido carbonate (tBu3SiO)(Me3SiO)C[double bond, length as m-dash]N-SitBu3 and carbamine acid (tBu3SiO)CONH2.

The thermo-labile triazenide Na[tBu3SiNNNSiMe3] was prepared by the reaction of Me3SiN3 with Na(thf)2[SitBu3] in pentane at -78 °C. Treatment of Na[tBu3SiNNNSiMe3] with an excess of carbon dioxide in pentane at -78 °C yielded the imido carbonate (tBu3SiO)(Me3SiO)C[double bond, length as m-dash]N-SitBu3 and the carbamine acid (tBu3SiO)CONH2 along with other products. From the reaction solution we could isolate the imido carbonate (tBu3SiO)(Me3SiO)C[double bond, length as m-dash]N-SitBu3 and carbamine acid (tBu3SiO)CONH2. At first single crystals of the carbamine acid (tBu3SiO)CONH2 (triclinic, space group P1[combining macron]) were grown from this solution at room temperature. A second crop of crystals were obtained by concentrating the solution. The second charge consisted of the imido carbonate (tBu3SiO)(Me3SiO)C[double bond, length as m-dash]N-SitBu3 (monoclinic, space group P21/n).

Evidence of a field-induced Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless scenario in a two-dimensional spin-dimer system.

Two-dimensional (2D) systems with continuous symmetry lack conventional long-range order because of thermal fluctuations. Instead, as pointed out by Berezinskii, Kosterlitz and Thouless (BKT), 2D systems may exhibit so-called topological order driven by the binding of vortex-antivortex pairs. Signatures of the BKT mechanism have been observed in thin films, specially designed heterostructures, layered magnets and trapped atomic gases. Here we report on an alternative approach for studying BKT physics by using a chemically constructed multilayer magnet. The novelty of this approach is to use molecular-based pairs of spin S=½ ions, which, by the application of a magnetic field, provide a gas of magnetic excitations. On the basis of measurements of the magnetic susceptibility and specific heat on a so-designed material, combined with density functional theory and quantum Monte Carlo calculations, we conclude that these excitations have a distinct 2D character, consistent with a BKT scenario, implying the emergence of vortices and antivortices.

Redetermination of [Ni(NH(3))(6)]Cl(2) at 173 K.

The structure of hexaamminenickel(II) dichloride determined previously by Essmann et al. [Essmann, Kreiner, Niemann, Rechenbach, Schmieding, Sichla, Zachwieja & Jacobs (1996). Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 622, 1161-1166] was redetermined at 173 K. There are no significant differences between these two structures.

Hexasupersilyl-triprismo-hexastannane (tBu3 Si)6 Sn6 -The First Molecular Tin Compound Containing a Sn6 Prism.

Dark violet hexastannane (tBu3 Si)6 Sn6 displays a new framework motif for molecular tin compounds, in which six Sn atoms are located at the corners of a trigonal prism. The compound can be synthesized according to Equation (a). R*=SitBu3 .