Solid-state and solution structure of a hypervalent AX5 compound: Sb(C6F5)5.
Eliminating restraints: a trigonal-bipyramidal structure has been found to be the energetically favored geometry of the hypervalent AX(5) molecule Sb(C(6)F(5))(5) in the solid state and also in fluid solution, where molecules move freely and no crystal packing effects operate.
Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea, Universidad de Zaragoza-C.S.I.C., Spain.
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