Do The Hyper-coordinate Planar Transition Metal Atoms Exist?
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 09:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Quantum chemical methods are generally useful and versatile for discovering new compounds having particular chemical bonding configurations. Scientists have now established that the coordination of the transition metals, cobalt, iron and nickel, are raised to eight or nine by centering them in a perfect Dnh (n=8 or 9) boron ring.