Antimonide

Antimonides (sometimes called stibnides or stibinides) are <a href="/facts/Chemical_compound/37FXqqtv">compounds</a> of <a href="/facts/Antimony/YsA7lVgT">antimony</a> with more <a href="/facts/Electropositive/H7Vq7Uah">electropositive</a> elements. The antimonide <a href="/facts/Ion/3bePpDna">ion</a> is Sb3− but the term refers also to any anionic derivative of antimony.
Antimonides are often prepared by heating the elements. The reduction of antimony by alkali metals or by other methods leads to alkali metal antimonides of various types. Known antimonides include isolated Sb3− ions (in Li3Sb and Na3Sb). Other motifs include dumbbells Sb4−2 in Cs4Sb2, discrete antimony chains, for example, Sb8−6 in SrSb3, infinite spirals (Sb−)n (in NaSb, RbSb), planar four-membered rings Sb2−4, Sb3−7 cages in Li3Sb7, and net shaped anions Sb2−3 in BaSb3.
Some antimonides are <a href="/facts/Semiconductor/zFf3mGTE">semiconductors</a>, e.g. those of the <a href="/facts/Boron_group/RXnvqnNk">boron group</a> such as <a href="/facts/Indium_antimonide/76EPwVLC">indium antimonide</a>. Being reducing, many antimonides are decomposed by oxygen.

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Antimonide