Ligand close packing and the geometries of A(XY)4 and some related molecules

Journal of Molecular Structure

Volumn 520, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 237-248

  Heard, George L ^a   Gillespie, Ronald J ^a   Rankin, David W H ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact radius; D(2d) and S4 geometries; Ligand close packing

Indexed keywords

LIGAND;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034646425     PISSN: 00222860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2860(99)00335-X     Document Type: Article

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