An electron-counting scheme is presented for metal nitrosyls, based generally on the eighteen-electron rule. Square-pyramidal 4d- and 5d-transition metal nitrosyls obey a sixteen-electron rule. The stereochemistry of the coordinated NO may thus be correlated with the overall electron configurations of the complexes.
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Addison, Anthony W. J. Chem. Educ.1997 74 1354.
Keywords
Inorganic Chemistry, Bioorganic/Bioinorganic, Bonding Theory, Coordination Chemistry, Molecular Properties/Structure, and Transition Elements
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