Zinc halides solution chemistry

The solution chemistry of zinc and cadmium halides is a topic of active interest, and numerous studies of the related equilibria shown in Scheme 3, in various solvents S, have been reported. 

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Naphtalides, alkalides, and alkali metals are sufficiently powerful to reduce Ge and Si salts to the elements. Si nanocrystals have been prepared in solution by the reduction of the halides with Na, Li naphthalide, and hydride reagents [216-219]. Similarly, Ge nanocrystals have been made by the reduction of GeCL with Li naphthalide in THF [217]. TEOS (Si(OEt)4) is readily reduced by sodium to yield Si nanocrystals. Si and Ge nanocrystals are frequently covered by an oxide layer. Y2O3 nanocrystals have been made by the alkalide reduction of YCI3 followed by oxidation by exposure to ambient conditions [220]. Yittria nanocrystals could be doped with Eu to render them phosphorescent [221]. ZnO nanoparticles have been prepared from zinc acetate in 2-propanol by the reaction with water [222]. Pure anatase nanocrystals are obtained by the hydrolysis of TiCL with ethanol at 0°C followed by calcination at 87° C for 3 days [223]. The growth kinetics and the surface hydration chemistry in this reaction have been investigated. 

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