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Solid‐State and Solution Structure of a Hypervalent AX 5 Compound: Sb(C 6 F 5 ) 5
Author(s) -
GarcíaMonforte M. Angeles,
Alonso Pablo J.,
Ara Irene,
Menjón Babil,
Romero Pilar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201108858
Subject(s) - hypervalent molecule , crystallography , molecule , state (computer science) , crystal structure , solid state , trigonal bipyramidal molecular geometry , chemistry , crystal (programming language) , mathematics , computer science , organic chemistry , algorithm , reagent , programming language
Eliminating restraints : A trigonal‐bipyramidal structure has been found to be the energetically favored geometry of the hypervalent AX 5 molecule Sb(C 6 F 5 ) 5 in the solid state and also in fluid solution, where molecules move freely and no crystal packing effects operate (see picture).