“…[1,2,5,6] Incompletely condensed silsesquioxanes such as (c-C 6 H 11 ) 7 Si 7 O 9 (OH) 3 (1) share far-reaching structural similarities with β-tridymite and β-cristobalite and are thus quite realistic models for the silanol sites on silica surfaces. [1,2,[6][7][8][9][10][11] Metal complexes derived from 1 are therefore commonly regarded as "realistic" models for industrially important metal catalysts immobilized on silica surfaces. [1,2,7] The "Periodic Table of Metallasilsesquioxanes" [1b] already covers numerous metallic elements ranging from alkali metals [1,12,13] through early [1,[14][15][16][17][18] and late transition metals [1,[19][20][21][22] to the lanthanide elements.…”