“…The preparation and characterization of triply bonded heavier main group element (E 14 = Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb) molecules (i.e., RE 14 ≡E 14 R) is a popular field of study in inorganic chemistry [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 ]. From the valence electron viewpoint, the triply bonded RE 13 ≡E 15 R compound is isoelectronic to the RE 14 ≡E 14 R species.…”