Abstract: This chapter discusses the perchlorate ion complexes. Coordination of perchlorate to transition and nontransition metal ions has been well established, though in most of the cases the metal-perchlorate bond is rather weak and has been termed as "semicoordination". The highly symmetrical perchlorate ion is a hard base and falls into the category of relatively nonpolarizable and noncoordinating anions such as BF4ˉ and PF6ˉ. Its ability to coordinate strongly to soft metal ions is therefore limited. When coordination does occur, the perchlorate group may be linked to a metal ion in a monodentate and/or bidentate manner through oxygen atoms; the latter linkage can be either chelating. X-ray crystal structure analysis has unequivocally established coordination of perchlorate in a number of perchlorate complexes.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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