Nickel complexes electron density distribution

Our second example is more clear-cut. The nickel alkyl complex (shown schematically in Figure 12.33(a) and as a crystal structure in (b)) has a Ni (3-H distance that approaches that of covalent Ni(ll) hydrides [73]. Figure 12.33(c) shows part of a Laplacian plot of an experimentally determined electron density distribution in the NiCCH plane. We see atomic interaction lines for Ni—C, C—C, C—H and Ni—H atom pairs,... 

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