THE STEREOCHEMISTRY OF EIGHT-CO-ORDINATION: THE NATURE OF THE BONDING IN THE Mo6Cl84+, Nb6Cl122+, AND RELATED IONS
- 1 November 1961
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 39 (11), 2336-2342
- https://doi.org/10.1139/v61-311
Abstract
It is pointed out that the square-antiprism arrangement of eight ligands which is expected for an atom which has eight bonding electron pairs in its valency shell occurs in the polynuclear complex ions found in several basic salts of zirconium(IV), thorium(IV), cerium(IV), and uranium(IV). The nature of the bonding in Mo6Cl84+, Nb6Cl122+, and related ions is discussed, and it is shown that it may be described in a manner which is consistent with a square-antiprism arrangement of eight electron pairs around each metal atom.Keywords
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