[K(Phen)₃]₂²⊕

Formula Unicode styled:

[K(Phen)₃]₂²⊕

Compound name(s):

bis-[tris(1,10-Phenanthroline-N,N') potassium(1+)]

Central atom:

Potassium

Charge on formula unit (QN):

Attached groups:

Phen (phenanthroline)

Compound type:

Oligomer

Notes:

"In the dimeric complex cation [K(phen)₃]₂, located on inversion center, the coordination polyhedron around K is unexpectedly cubic". The K...K distance is 4.14 Å.

DOI link to literature report:

10.1016/0022-328X(84)80507-0

Crystal data CSD link:

cusfur

Crystal data ICSD link:

Valence Number (VN) = 𝘹 + 2𝘻 :

VN: 1

Coordination Number (CN, sum of attached group denticities):

CN: 8

Oxidation Number (ON) (Roman numerals):

ON: (I)

Electron Number (EN) = 𝘮 + 𝘹 +2𝘭:

EN: 16

Bond number (BN) = 𝘹 + 𝘭 + 𝘻:

[MLXZ]𝘲 class:

[ML₈]⁺

MLXZ class (ENC, equivalent neutral class):

MX₁L₇

Summary of calculated classifications:

K«V¹C⁸O^IE¹⁶B⁸Z⁰X⁰L⁸»^⊕

Geometry:

8-coordinate: cube (CU-8)

𝘥-electron configuration = 𝘮 – VN:

𝘥-electron configuration = 𝘮 – ON:

𝘥-electron configuration = 𝘮 – VN – 𝘲 from [MLXZ]𝘲:

Attached atoms:

N₆

Phase:

Solid

InChIKey (see www.inchi-trust.org):

ZLMJMSJWJFRBEC-UHFFFAOYSA-N