Tricapped trigonal prisms

The coordination polyhedron of the Ce site in bastnasite-(Ce) is a pentacapped trigonal prism (s). This polyhedron can be derived from a tricapped prism (m) by the addition of two vertices on the two triangular faces of the prism. 

Ms " clusters have 12 framework bonding electrons as has [BsHs]- (p. 161) the anions are also isoelectronic with the well-known cation [Bis]. Similarly, the alloy NaSn. 2.23 reacts with cryptand in ethylenediamine to give dark-red crystals of [Na(ciypt)]4 [Sng] the anion is the first example of a C41, unicapped Archi-median antiprism (Fig. 10. lOc) and differs from the >3/, structure of the isoelectronic cation [Bis] + which, in the salt Bi+[Bi9] +[HfCl6]5 (p. 591), features a tricapped trigonal prism, as in [BgHg] " (p. 153). The emerald green species [Pb9] , which is stable in liquid NH3 solution, has not so far proved amenable to isolation via ciyptand-complexed cations. 

The influence of electron-count on cluster geometry has been very elegantly shown by a crystallographic study of the deep-red compound [K(ctypt)]g [Ge9]- [Ge9] .2.5en, prepared by the reaction of KGe with cryptand in ethylenediamine. [Ge9] has the C4, unicapped square-antiprismatic structure (10.10c) whereas [Ge9]- , with 2 less electrons, adopts a distorted Dit, structure which clearly derives from the tricapped trigonal prism (p. 153).The field is one of... 

Tricapped Trigonal Prism, TTP Monocapped Square Antiprism, CSAP... 

Nine-coordinate (each NOa group is bidentate) structure tricapped trigonal prism... 

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