1. Crystallizing Elusive Chromium Polycations
Wei Wang, Lauren B. Fullmer, Nuno A.G. Bandeira, Sara Goberna-Ferrón, Lev N. Zakharov, Carles Bo, Douglas A. Keszler, May Nyman 
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Volume 1, Issue 6, Pages (December 2016)
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3. Figure 1 Views of δ-Zn(CrAl)12
(A) Ball-and-stick representation with aqua and hydroxo ligands geometry optimized from simulation (blue, pink and teal spheres are Al/Cr sites; red spheres are O; and black spheres are H).
(B) Polyhedral representation emphasizing three crystallographically and compositionally distinct sites: CrAl3 (blue, basal), CrAl2 (magenta, equatorial), and CrAl1 (teal, apical).
(C) MEP mapped onto the electron density (0.02 a.u. isosurface) of hypothetical δ-ZnAl12. Red represents the least positive value (more nucleophilic), and blue is the most positive value. The black spheres in the polyhedral representation correspond to the more nucleophilic hydroxo ligands of the apical trimer in the MEP map. The yellow spheres correspond with the less nucleophilic hydroxo ligands associated with one magenta and two blue polyhedra.
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4. Figure 2
Monitoring X-Ray Scattering Intensity and pH of Reaction Solutions
(A) Reaction-solution pH and X-ray scattering intensity (at q = 0.1 Å−1; see Figure S6) as a function of Zn concentration. Asterisks denote the optimal Zn concentration from which Zn(CrAl)12 was obtained.
(B) X-ray scattering intensity (at q = 0.1 Å−1; see Figure S8) of the solution (*) in (A) with aging.
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5. Figure 3 Experimental and Simulated Scattering Data
Simulated and experimental scattering curves of Zn(CrAl)12 reaction solution 4 (pH 3.0) after 1 day of aging (Table S19) and solution of dissolved crystals. Intensity [I(q)] is normalized for ease of comparison. Zn(CrAl)12 crystals were actively growing from the reaction solution.
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6. Figure 4 X-Ray Scattering Analysis
The scattering curves of the reaction solutions of Zn(CrAl)12 are compared with that of Keggin Al13, as well as those of Zn(CrAl)12 crystals redissolved in a fresh reaction solution. I0 intensities are scaled to match for ease of comparison.
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7. Figure 5 ESI-MS Analysis (Top) Zn(CrAl)12 crystals.
(Bottom) Reaction solution 4 (pH 3) after 1 day of aging (see Table S19).
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8. Figure 6 ESI-MS of Heated Reaction Solutions
(Left) full spectral range in which peaks are observed.
(Right) zoomed into the region where clusters are observed in a solution of redissolved crystals.
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