The mixed-metal cluster Yb4O4（OiPr）16Na12 has been synthesized and structurally determined by IR, elemental analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal belongs to the cubic system, space group P23 with a = b = c = 13.9788（3）A, V = 2731.55（10）A3, Z = 1, Dc = 1.202 g/cm3, Mr = 1977.42,/J = 3.480 mm-1, F（000） = 972, the final R = 0.0288 and wR = 0.1511 for 1677 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（I）. X-ray analysis reveals that Yb4O4（Oipr）16Na12 is centrosym- metric and the structure contains four ytterbium metals and twelve sodium metals, and each ytterbium atom is coordinated by six oxygen atoms. In addition, an ancillary computational analysis of the optimized molecular unit was provided. The large energy gap （3,31 eV） between HOMO and LUMO indicates that the structure framework is particularly stable.
An efficient, atom-economic and green approach to synthesizing enamines was developed by intermolecular hydroamination of activated alkynes with high yields under catalyst- and solvent-free conditions. β-Dimethylamino-acrylate derivatives were also obtained with high yields. In the synthetic process of the derivatives, N,N-dimethylformamide（DMF） pretreated with metal Na, was used as reactant instead of dimethylamine gas. The proposed synthetic method can be used for the synthesis of （E）-ethyl-3-（dimethylamino）acrylate（3cl）, and provide a new possible way to the synthesis of Quinolones.
ZENG Ruijie SHENG Hongting RAO Bo FENG Yan WANG Hao SUN Yehua CHEN Man ZHU Manzhou
