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Keywords:

  • chalcogens;
  • cluster compounds;
  • cobalt;
  • density functional calculations;
  • stannates;
  • structure elucidation
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A water and methanol mixture permits the transfer of the tin–chalcogen substructure of chalcogenostannate anions into the coordination sphere of transition-metal ions without decomposition. The reaction of K4[SnSe4] with [Co(en)3]Cl3 yields compound 1, which contains highly charged, purely inorganic ternary anions.