Synthesis and Properties of a Fifteen-Coordinate Complex: The Thorium Aminodiboranate [Th(H3BNMe2BH3)4]
Synthesis and Properties of a Fifteen-Coordinate Complex: The Thorium Aminodiboranate [Th(H3BNMe2BH3)4]
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200905797
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Girolami, Gregory S.
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作者:
Daly, Scott R.;Piccoli, Paula M. B.;Girolami, Gregory S.
The concept of coordination number is extremely useful and is widely employed to describe the local chemical environments of atoms. Originally defined by Alfred Werner in 1893,[1] the coordination number is closely related to many other important properties such as atomic radius,[2] molecular and electronic structure,[3] and chemical reactivity.[4, 5] An important modification of Werner s original concept was the recognition that, for certain ligands such as ethylene, two linked atoms jointly occupy a single coordination site.[6] This modified definition is widely used to describe both transitionmetal (d-block) and inner-transition-metal (f-block) complexes.[7]An interesting question is: what is the largest possible coordination number?[8] This question has recently been considered theoretically, and the 15-coordinate ion PbHe15 2+ has been predicted to be a bound species.[9] The complexes tetrakis (cyclopentadienyl) uranium [UCp4] and its thorium analogue [ThCp4] are each connected to 20 atoms,[10] but the Werner coordination number of 12 (counting π bonds as occupying one site) is widely acknowledged to be more appropriate to describe the metal–ligand bonding in these compounds.[11]