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Axial versus equatorial metal-ligand distances in transition metal compounds. III. Hexaaqua and hexachloro complexes

R. Boča

Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Technical University, CS-812 37 Bratislava

Abstract:  .By analyzing experimental structure data of hexaaqua and hexachloro complexes it was found that the tetragonal bipyramid is a more frequent form of the coordination polyhedron in comparison with the octahedral con­figuration. Moreover, the axial and equatorial metal—ligand distances exhibit, also in these complexes, a mutual dependence of the smooth curve type which manifests itself so that with increasing axial bond length the equatorial distance is shortened and vice versa. Individual factors operative in such dependences are discussed in more detail, namely the central atom effect and the host lattice effect.

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Chemical Papers 37 (3) 297–309 (1983)