FRONTIER MOLECULAR ORBITALS OF COMMON METAL COMPLEXES DERIVED FROM SQUARE PLANAR METAL FRAGMENTS
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SQUARE PLANAR Molecules and
Fragments
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MOLECULE | GEOMETRY | MOLECULAR ORBITALS | VIBRATIONS | Comments |
[PtCl4]2- |
[PtCl4]2- |
[PtCl4]2- | [PtCl4]2- | ||
[PtCl3]- | [PtCl3]- | ||||
Zeiss Complex |
Perpendicular Olefin |
[PtCl3(C2H4)]-1 |
[PtCl3(C2H4)]-1 | ||
Parallel Olefin | [PtCl3(C2H4)]-1 | [PtCl3(C2H4)]-1 | Transition State |
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Fragments | |||||
C2H4 | |||||
[ PtCl3]-1 | T-shaped | [PtCl3]-1 | |||
Hydride Analog of Zeiss Complex |
Perpendicular Olefin |
[PtH3(C2H4)]-1 | [PtH3(C2H4)]-1 | Transition State |
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Parallel Olefin | [PtH3(C2H4)]-1 | PtH3(C2H4)]-1 | |||
[PtH3] | |||||
Cis Dihydride chloro platinate Complex of ethylene | trans[PtClH2(C2H4)]-1 | Perpendicular Olefin | Trans[PtClH2(C2H4)]-1 | trans[PtClH2(C2H4)]-1 | |
Parallel Olefin | Trans[PtClH2(C2H4)]-1 | trans[PtClH2(C2H4)]-1 | |||
[Pt(H)2Cl]-1 | T shaped | Trans[PtClH2]-1 | species relevant to perpendicular orientation | ||
Arrow shaped | [PtClH2]-1 | species relevant to parallel orientation | |||
Ni(PH3)2(C2H2) | Planar (Parallel) | Ni(PH3)2(C2H2) | Ni(PH3)2(C2H2) | ||
Ni(PH3)2 | |||||
BENT (C2H2) | |||||
Ni(CO)2(C2H2) | Ni(CO)2(C2H2) | ||||
Ni(CO)2 | |||||
(C2H2) |