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High-temperature reaction of NbTe4 with KCN at 450 degrees C and further cr
ystallization from aqueous solution produces an oxygen-centered tetranuclea
r niobium cubane-type complex, isolated here as K-6[Nb4OTe4(CN)(12)]. K2CO3
. KOH . 8H(2)O, and characterized by X-ray crystallography.