Mooser-Pearson concept

As mentioned in the Introduction, no structural information on these species was available for more than 40 years after the discovery of the first Zintl metal cluster anions, since no pure crystalline phases could be isolated and characterized structurally. Nevertheless, early efforts to rationalize the observed formulas and chemical bonding of these intermetallics and related molecules utilized the Zintl-Klemm concept [75, 76] and the Mooser-Pearson [77] extended (8 — N) rule. In this rule N refers to the number of valence electrons of the more electronegative metal (and thus anionic metal) in the intermetallic phases. 

Early efforts to rationalize the observed formulas and chemical bonding of Zintl ions and related species used initially the Zintl-Klemm concept [10, 11] and subsequently the Mooser-Pearson [12] extended (8 — AO rule. In this rule, refers... 

The inherent basis of these procedures is the Zintl Kleimn concept and the Mooser-Pearson extended (8 — N) rule. Formerly applied only to classical two-center-two-electron bonds, the extended procedures comprise all varieties of bonding (multiple bonds, partial bonds, multicenter systems, radicals, and free electrons). Generally, for a compound AmB , an electron transfer A- -A +,... 

The inherent basis of these procedures is the Zintl-Klemm concept and the Mooser-Pearson extended (8 — N) rule. Formerly applied only to classical two-center-two-electron bonds, the extended procedures comprise all varieties of bonding (multiple bonds, partial bonds, multicenter systems, radicals, and free electrons). Generally, for a compound AmB , an electron transfer A- A +, B- mp = nq ) to the more electronegative element B forms pseudoelements k, B that show the structural principles of the corresponding isoelectronic elements with the whole spread of homoatomic bond types. Alternatively, one can derive from the number of valence electrons e and cb according to the equation otca + nee + k = 3n the term k = saa + Y. bb - e, which accounts for the... 

The combination of Zintl s and Klemm s description is called Zintl-Klemm concept. It was given in a very similar way by Mooser and Pearson [10] around the time that Klemm and coworkers published their concept [7,11]. 

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