Shape maps and polyhedral interconversion paths in transition metal chemistry

Santiago Alvarez*, Pere Alemany, David Casanova, Jordi Cirera, Miquel Llunell, David Avnir

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Abstract

A systematic study of the stereochemistry of the coordination sphere of transition metal compounds has been carried out recently from the point of view of the continuous shape measures (CShM). In this review, the concept of the continuous shape measures is summarized and the derived tools, the shape maps and the path deviation functions are described. The main stereochemical trends that have been deduced from the application of such tools to more than 23,000 crystallographically independent fragments of coordination numbers between four and eight are also summarized.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1693-1708
Number of pages16
JournalCoordination Chemistry Reviews
Volume249
Issue number17-18 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2005

Keywords

  • Continuous shape measures
  • Coordination polyhedra
  • Stereochemistry

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