[Ge{N(CMe₂CH₂CH₂CH₂CMe₂)₅}₂]

Formula Unicode styled: 
[Ge{N(CMe₂CH₂CH₂CH₂CMe₂)}₂]
Compound name(s): 
bis(2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidinato)-germanium
Central atom: 
Charge on formula unit (QN): 
0
Compound type: 
Notes: 

There may well be N-Ge-N π-interactions that would take the EN to 8 but this was not discussed in the communication. Subsequently the full paper includes ""but because the planarity is retained in the bis(tetramethyl- piperidinato) complexes, some degree of π-bonding between nitrogen and Ge ... may be implicated; planar geometries at N in metal amides are the rule rather than the exception" - this is taken into account through an extra L interaction.

Valence Number (VN) = 𝘹 + 2𝘻 : 
Coordination Number (CN, sum of attached group denticities): 
Oxidation Number (ON) (Roman numerals): 
Electron Number (EN) = 𝘮 + 𝘹 +2𝘭: 
Bond number (BN) = 𝘹 + 𝘭 + 𝘻: 
3
[MLXZ]𝘲 class: 
[MX2L1]
MLXZ class (ENC, equivalent neutral class): 
MX2L1
Summary of calculated classifications: 
Ge«V2C2OIIE8B3Z0X2L1»
𝘥-electron configuration = 𝘮 – VN: 
𝘥-electron configuration = 𝘮 – ON: 
𝘥-electron configuration = 𝘮 – VN – 𝘲 from [MLXZ]𝘲: 
Attached atoms: 
N2
Phase: 
InChIKey (see www.inchi-trust.org): 
OYDOGWLERAVJDS-UHFFFAOYSA-N