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Corbett JD (1997) Diverse Naked Clusters of the Heavy Main-Group Elements. Electronic Regularities and Analogies. 87 157-194... 

In compounds containing heavy main group elements, electron correlation depends on the particular spin-orbit component. The jj coupled 6p j2 and 6/73/2 orbitals of thallium, for example, exhibit very different radial amplitudes (Figure 13). As a consequence, electron correlation in the p shell, which has been computed at the spin-free level, is not transferable to the spin-orbit coupled case. This feature is named spin-polarization. It is best recovered in spin-orbit Cl procedures where electron correlation and spin-orbit interaction can be treated on the same footing—in principle at least. As illustrated below, complications arise when configuration selection is necessary to reduce the size of the Cl space. The relativistic contraction of the thallium 6s orbital, on the other hand, is mainly covered by scalar relativistic effects. 

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Across a period, eff dominates. As we move across a period of main-group elements, electrons are added to the same outer level, so the shielding by inner electrons does not change. Because outer electrons shield each other poorly, Zeff on the outer electrons rises significantly, and so they are pulled closer to the nucleus. Atomic radius generally decreases in a period from left to right. 

Mathematical cluster chemistry/Metal-metal interactions in transition metal clusters with donor ligands/Electron count versus structural arrangement in clusters based on a cubic transition metal core with bridging Main Group elements/Metalloboranes/ Clusters with interstitial atoms from the p-block How do Wade s rules handle them /Diverse naked clusters of the heavy Main Group elements Electronic regularities and analogies... 

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Cooper SL (2001) Optical Spectroscopic Studies of Metal-Insulator Transitions in Perovskite-Related Oxides. 98 161-220 Cooper SR, Rawle SC (1990) Crown Thioether Chemistry. 72 1-72 Corbett JD (1997) Diverse Naked Clusters of the Heavy Main-Group Elements. Electronic Regularities and Analogies. 87 157-194 Corbin PS, see Zimmerman SC (2000) 96 63-94... 

For main group elements the number of framework electrons contributed is equal to (t + a — 2) where v is the number of valence shell electrons of that element, and x is the number of electrons from ligands, eg, for Ff, x = and for Lewis bases, x = 2. Examples of 2n + 2 electron count boranes and heteroboranes, and the number of framework electrons contributed by their skeletal atoms, ate given in Table 1. 

The number of valence electrons in an atom of a main-group element such as nitrogen is equal to its group number. In the case of nitrogen this is five. 

Many transition-metal complexes, including Ni(CO)4, obey the 18-electron rule, which is to transition-metal complexes as the octet rule is to main-group elements like carbon and oxygen. It states that... 

These structures (without the circles) are referred to as Lewis structures. In writing Lewis structures, only the valence electrons written above are shown, because they are the ones that participate in covalent bonding. For the main-group elements, the only ones dealt with here, the number of valence electrons is equal to the last digit of the group number in the periodic table (Table 7.1). Notice that elements in a given main group all have the same number of valence electrons. This explains why such elements behave similarly when they react to form covalently bonded species. 

FIGURE 1.52 The successive ionization energies of a selection of main-group elements. Note the great increase in energy required to remove an electron from an inner shell. In each case, the blue rectangle denotes ionization from the valence shell. 

The usefulness of the main-group elements in materials is related to their properties, which can be predicted from periodic trends. For example, an s-block element has a low ionization energy, which means that its outermost electrons can easily be lost. An s-block element is therefore likely to be a reactive metal with all the characteristics that the name metal implies (Table 1.4, Fig. 1.60). Because ionization energies are... 

Formulas of compounds consisting of the monatomic ions of main-group elements can be predicted by assuming that cations have lost all their valence electrons and anions have gained electrons in their valence shells until each ion has an octet of electrons, ora duplet in the case of FI, Li, and Be. 

Despite possible electron-acceptor B sp combining with the group I and II main-group elements, only metastable AIB2 phases, AgB2 and AUB2, are known, and the Ag-B and Au-B systems exhibit simple monotectics and eutectics, respectively. 

Halet )-F, Saillard )-Y (1997) Electron Count Versus Structural Arrangement in Clusters Based on a Cubic Transition Metal Core with Bridging Main Group Elements. 87 81-110 Hall DI, Ling JH, Nyholm RS (1973) Metal Complexes of Chelating Olefin-Group V Ligands. 15 3-51... 

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