Shape and symmetry of heptacoordinate transition-metal complexes: Structural trends
Shape and symmetry of heptacoordinate transition-metal complexes: Structural trends
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DOI:
10.1002/chem.200390145
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发表时间:
2003-03-17
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4.3
通讯作者:
Alvarez, S
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作者:
Casanova, D;Alemany, P;Alvarez, S
The stereochemistries of heptacoordinate transition-metal complexes are analyzed by using continuous symmetry and shape measures of their coordination spheres. The distribution of heptacoordination through the transition-metal series is presented based on structural database searches including organometallic and Werner-type molecular complexes, metalloproteins, and extended solids. The most common polyhedron seems to be the pentagonal bipyramid, while different preferences are found for specific families of compounds, as in the complexes with three or four carbonyl or phosphine ligands, which prefer the capped octahedron or the capped trigonal prism rather than the pentagonal, bipyramid. The symmetry maps for heptacoordination are presented and shown to be helpful for detecting stereochemical trends. The maximal symmetry interconversion pathways between the three most common polyhedra are defined in terms of symmetry constants and a large number of experimental structures are seen to fall along those paths.