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Are metal alkoxides linear owing to electrostatic repulsion?

April 26, 2017electrostatic linear metal owing repulsion

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Are metal alkoxides linear owing to electrostatic repulsion?

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Density functional theory calculations on [LnCp2APh] (Ln = La, Lu; Cp = 5-C5H5; A = O, S; Ph = C6H5) suggest that the linearity of the Ln–O–C vectors arises largely as a result of electrostatic repulsion between the carbon and the trivalent metal centre.