Effect of lone-pair stereoactivity on polyhedral volume and structural flexibility: Application to TeIVO6 octahedra

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2013

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Christy, Andrew
Mills, S J

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Munksgaard International Publishers

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The Distortion Theorem implies that the irregularity of bond distances in a distorted coordination polyhedron causes an increase of mean bond distance. Examination of 40 polyhedra containing the lone-pair cation TeIV shows that this does not imply an incr

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Keywords: Coordination polyhedra; Distortion theorems; Distortion theory; Lone-pair activities; Polarizable cations; Sphere surfaces; Stereoactivity; Structural flexibilities; Oxygen; Positive ions; Spheres; Geometry distortion theory; lone-pair stereoactivity; polyhedral distortion

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Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science

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