Are the coordination numbers just inside of brackets? [ENDORSED]
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Are the coordination numbers just inside of brackets?
Say you have a compound like Li[Ni(CN)3(en)(NH3)]. Would the coordination number just be 5 because it only counts inside of the brackets? Or would the Li outside the bracket be counted too so it's 6?
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Re: Are the coordination numbers just inside of brackets?
Hi,
The coordination number is just what is inside the bracket!
The coordination number is just what is inside the bracket!
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Re: Are the coordination numbers just inside of brackets? [ENDORSED]
I believe that the coordination number on that one is 6 because there are three bonds from the (CN)3, two bonds from the (en), and one bond from the (NH3) for a total of 6. So 6 ligand bonds give a coordination number of 6.
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Re: Are the coordination numbers just inside of brackets?
So what about another example, like [Fe(ox)(CO)2(NH3)]H2O for instance. What would be the coordination number?
Re: Are the coordination numbers just inside of brackets?
@Hector_Gutierrez the coordination number for [Fe(ox)(CO)2(NH3)]H2O would seem to be 5 because NH3 has one bond, there are two bonds for CO and the ox also has two bonds, but I'm not too sure because I know that there are usually just 4 or 6 bonds.
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