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The synthesis, crystallographic characterization and some preliminary reactivity (with main group elements and halides) of a new intermetallic phase, Na4Sn, is reported and represents the first confirmation of an intermetallic compound of an alkali metal and group 14 element having a formal charge of –4.
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Guérin et al. (1994) studied this question.
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