Valence shell charge concentrations at pentacoordinate d0 transition-metal centers: Non-VSEPR structures of Me2NbCl3 and Me3NbCl2

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 4921-4934

  McGrady, G Sean ^a   Haaland, Arne ^b   Verne, Hans Peter ^b   Volden, Hans Vidar ^b   Downs, Anthony J ^c   Shorokhov, Dmitry ^d   Eickerling, Georg ^d   Scherer, Wolfgang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge density; Gas electron diffraction; Niobium

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS;

CHARGE DENSITY; GAS ELECTRON DIFFRACTION (GED); LEAST-SQUARE REFINEMENT; STRUCTURAL DISTORTIONS;

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 24344445290     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200400808     Document Type: Article

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