Dodecahedron, interconversion

Figure 38 Stereochemical preferences of eight-coordinate complexes according to the nature of the ligands. The stereochemistries considered are the triangular dodecahedron (DD), the square antiprism (SAP), the cube (CU), and the hexagonal bipyramid (HBPY). A circle indicates the preferred polyhedron, a bar indicates that structures are found for the two polyhedra at the extremes and for intermediate geometries along the interconversion path.

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