Coordination Polyhedrons of Molecules

The repulsion between charges is a general phenomenon for the forces determining the structure of compounds. Gillespie and Nyholm presented a very general rule for the influence of Coulomb interaction with the valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory. [Pg.38]

Madelung constants for some selected ionic lattice structures [Pg.39]

VSEPR theory and ligand field theory show the great effect of electrostatic repulsion of the electrons in a molecular complex, but similar influences can also be expected at the formation of solid-state structures. [Pg.40]