Sheffield ChemPuter

Metal oxidation calculator

At the moment, the Chemputer will not calculate oxidation numbers for compounds whose central element is in the p-block.

Use this form to build your compund. As an example, the default settings show you how to complete the form for a simple cobalt complex [CoCl₂(En)₂]⁺. There are a number of points:

• Enter the symbol of the central metal atom
• For ligands, you can:
  • use ligand abbreviations such as 'En' provided these start with a capital letter and contain no other capital letters. Thus, En and Thf are OK, en and THF are not.
  • use formulae such as PPh₃
  • use names such as chloride or chloro
  • use formulae such as C₇H₇ (but care, does this mean benzyl or cycloheptatrienyl?)
• If the program at the other end of this form doesn't understand any entry or if the entry is ambiguous as in the C₇H₇ case above, it will try and tell you.

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Additional information

• Chemputer URL: http://winter.group.shef.ac.uk/chemputer/
• WebElements URL: http://www.webelements.com/
• Chemdex URL: http://www.chemdex.org/

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