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Answer. [BioHio]2- The number of valence electrons for B is three, H ligands are one-electron ligands, and the cluster charge is 2. eve =10x3 + 10x 1+2 = 42 = 4n +2. Consistent with the discussion above, the B-H external cluster bond is taken to involve one electron from H and one from B hence, the B-H fragment contributes two electrons to cluster bonding, sep = (10x2 + 2)/2 = 22/2 = ll = n + 1. 

Figure 3. Four-electron ligands and their attachment to the metal atom...

A number of approximate molecular orbital calculations on ferrocene were reviewed by Cotton and Wilkinson in 1959 and the result of an ab-initio calculation was published in 1972 The latter work also contains references to approximate molecular orbital calculations published between 1959 and 1972. It seems that the particular stability of ferrocene is due to its closed-shell structure all occupied molecular orbitals are bonding between the metal and the ligands, the cyclopentadienyl rings function as five-electron ligands, and the iron atom attains an inert gas configuration of 18 electrons in the valence shell. 

Compound Cluster valence electrons Ligand and non-bonding electrons Skeleton electron pairs Cluster structure... 

E]iyl complexes differ widely in their properties these also depend markedly on the other ligands attached to the metal. The nitrosyl ligand can also act as a 3-electron ligand and, as would be expected, the nitrosyl analogues of most of the allyl metal carbonyl complexes are known. 

With electrons flowing from ethylene to zirconium the Zr—CH3 bond weakens the carbons of ethylene become positively polarized and the methyl group migrates from zirconium to one of the carbons of ethylene Cleavage of the Zr—CH3 bond is accom panied by formation of a ct bond between zirconium and one of the carbons of ethylene m Step 3 The product of this step is a chain extended form of the active catalyst ready to accept another ethylene ligand and repeat the chain extending steps... 

In a complexation reaction, the reaction unit is an electron pair. For the metal, the number of reaction units is the number of coordination sites available for binding ligands. For the ligand, the number of reaction units is equivalent to the number of electron pairs that can be donated to the metal. One of the most important analytical complexation reactions is that between the ligand ethylenediaminetetracetic acid (EDTA), which can donate 6 electron pairs and 6 coordinate metal ions, such as Cu thus... 

The size-exclusion and ion-exchange properties of zeoHtes have been exploited to cause electroactive species to align at a zeoHte—water interface (233—235). The zeoHte thus acts as a template for the self-organization of electron transfer (ET) chains that may find function as biomimetic photosynthetic systems, current rectifiers, and photodiodes. An example is the three subunit ET chain comprising Fe(CN)g anion (which is charge-excluded from the anionic zeoHte pore stmcture), Os(bipyridine)3 (which is an interfacial cation due to size exclusion of the bipyridine ligand), and an intrazeoHte cation (trimethylamino)methylferrocene (F J ). A cationic polymer bound to the (CN) anion holds the self-assembled stmcture at an... 

Chemical Properties. Although the chemical properties of the trivalent lanthanides are quite similar, some differences occur as a consequence of the lanthanide contraction (see Table 3). The chemical properties of yttrium are very similar too, on account of its external electronic stmcture and ionic radius. Yttrium and the lanthanides are typical hard acids, and bind preferably with hard bases such as oxygen-based ligands. Nevertheless they also bind with soft bases, typicaUy sulfur and nitrogen-based ligands in the absence of hard base ligands. 

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