Coordination geometry

Coordination geometry

The term coordination geometry is used in a number of related fields of chemistry and solid state chemistry/physics.

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Molecules

Main article: Molecular geometry

The coordination geometry of an atom is the geometrical pattern formed by atoms around the central atom.

Inorganic coordination complexes

In the field of inorganic coordination complexes it is the geometrical pattern formed by the atoms in the ligands that are bonded to the central atom in a molecule or a coordination complex. The geometrical arrangement will vary according to the number and type of ligands bonded to the metal centre, and to the coordination preference of the central atom, typically a metal in a coordination complex. The number of atoms bonded, (i.e. the number of σ-bonds between central atom and ligands) is termed the coordination number. The geometrical pattern can be described as a polyhedron where the vertices of the polyhedron are the centres of the coordinating atoms in the ligands.[1]

The coordination preference of a metal often varies with its oxidation state. The number of coordination bonds (coordination number) can vary from two as high as 20 in Th(η5-C5H5)4.[2]
One of the most common coordination geometries is octahedral, where six ligands are coordinated to the metal in a symmetrical distribution, leading to the formation of an octahedron if lines were drawn between the ligands. Other common coordination geometries are tetrahedral and square planar.
Crystal field theory may be used to explain the relative stabilities of transition metal compounds of different coordination geometry, as well as the presence or absence of paramagnetism.
VSEPR may be used for complexes of main group element to predict geometry.

Crystallography usage

In a crystal structure the coordination geometry of an atom is the geometrical pattern of coordinating atoms where the definition of coordinating atoms depends on the bonding model used.[1] For example in the rock salt ionic structure each sodium atom has six near neighbour chloride ions in an octahedral geometry and each chloride has similarly six near neighbour sodium ions in an octahedral geometry. In metals with the body centred cubic (bcc) structure each atom has eight nearest neighbours in a cubic geometry. In metals with the face centred cubic (fcc) structure each atom has twelve nearest neighbours in a cuboctahedral geometry.

Table of coordination geometries

A table of the coordination geometries encountered is shown below with examples of their occurrence in complexes found as discrete units in compounds and coordination spheres around atoms in crystals (where there is no discrete complex).

Coordination number Geometry Examples of discrete (finite) complex Examples in crystals
2 linear Linear-3D-balls.png Ag(CN)2− in KAg(CN)2 [3] Ag in silver cyanide,
Au in AuI [2]
3 trigonal planar Trigonal-3D-balls.png Cu(CN)32− in Na2Cu(CN)3.3H2O[2] O in TiO2 rutile structure[3]
4 tetrahedral geometry Tetrahedral-3D-balls.png CoCl42−[2] Zn and S in zinc sulfide, Si in silicon dioxide[3]
4 square planar Square-planar-3D-balls.png AgF4−[2] CuO[3]
5 trigonal bipyramidal Trigonal-bipyramidal-3D-balls.png SnCl5−[3]
5 square pyramidal Square-pyramidal-3D-balls.png InCl52− in (NEt4)2InCl5[2]
6 octahedral Octahedral-3D-balls.png Fe(H2O)62+[2] Na and Cl in NaCl[3]
6 trigonal prismatic Prismatic TrigonalP.png Mo(SCHCHS)3[3] As in NiAs, Mo in MoS2[3]
7 pentagonal bipyramidal Pentagonal-bipyramidal-3D-balls.png ZrF73− in (NH4)3ZrF7[3] Pa in PaCl5
7 face capped octahedral Face-capped octahedron.png [HoIII(PhCOCHCOPh)3(H2O)][4] La in A-La2O3
7 trigonal prismatic, square face monocapped MonocappTrigPrism.CapRightps.png TaF72− in K2TaF7[3]
8 cubic Caesium chloride, calcium fluoride
8 square antiprism SqrAntiprismP2.png TaF83− in Na3TaF8[3] Thorium(IV) iodide[3]
8 dodecahedral
(note whilst this is term generally
used the correct term is bisdisphenoid[3]
or snub disphenoid as this polyhedron is a deltahedron)		 Snub disphenoid.png Mo(CN)84− in K4[Mo(CN)8].2H2O[3] Zr in K2ZrF6[3]
8 hexagonal bipyramidal Hexagonale bipiramide.png N in Li3N[3]
8 octahedral, trans-bicapped Ni in nickel arsenide, NiAs; 6 As neighbours + 2 Ni capping[5]
8 trigonal prismatic, triangular face bicapped Ca in CaFe2O4[3]
8 trigonal prismatic, square face bicapped PuBr3[3]
9 trigonal prismatic, square face tricapped Nonahydridorhenate-3D-balls.png [ReH9]2− in potassium nonahydridorhenate[2] SrCl2.6H2O, Th in RbTh3F13[3]
9 monocapped square antiprismatic Monocapped square antiprism.png [Th(tropolonate)4(H2O)][2] La in LaTe2[3]
10 bicapped square antiprismatic Th(C2O4)42− [2]
11 Th in [ThIV(NO3)4(H2O)3] (NO3− is bidentate) [2]
12 icosahedron Icosahedron.png Th in Th(NO3)62− ion in Mg[Th(NO3)6].8H2O [3]
12 cuboctahedron Cuboctahedron.png ZrIV(η3−(BH4)4) atoms in fcc metals e.g. Ca[3]
12 anticuboctahedron, triangular orthobicupola Triangular orthobicupola.png atoms in hcp metals e.g. Sc [3]
14 bicapped hexagonal antiprismatic U(BH4)4[2]

Naming of inorganic compounds

IUPAC have introduced the polyhedral symbol as part of their IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry 2005 recommendations to describe the geometry around an atom in a compound.[6]
IUCr have proposed a symbol which is shown as a superscript in square brackets in the chemical formula. For example CaF2 would be Ca[8cb]F2[4t], where [8cb] means cubic coordination and [4t] means tetrahedral. The equivalent symbols in IUPAC are CU−8 and T−4 respectively.[1]
The IUPAC symbol is applicable to complexes and molecules whereas the IUCr proposal applies to crystalline solids.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Report of the International Union of Crystallography Commission on Crystallographic Nomenclature Subcommittee on the Nomenclature of Inorganic Structure Types By J. LIMA-DE-FARIA, E. HELLNER, F. LIEBAU, E. MAKOVICKY, E. PARTHÉ (1989) [1]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0080379419. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Wells A.F. (1984) Structural Inorganic Chemistry 5th edition Oxford Science Publications ISBN 0-19-855370-6
  4. ^ Crystal and molecular structure of the heptacoordinate complex tris(diphenylpropanedionato)aquoholmium, Ho(PhCOCHCOPh)3.H2O, Zalkin A., Templeton D.H., Karraker D.G, Inorganic chemistry, 1969, 8, 12,2680 - 2684; doi:10.1021/ic50082a029
  5. ^ David G. Pettifor, Bonding and Structure of Molecules and Solids, 1995, Oxford University Press,ISBN 0198517866
  6. ^ NOMENCLATURE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY IUPAC Recommendations 2005 ed. N. G. Connelly et al. RSC Publishing http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/bioinorg/

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