Different electron configurations for ZnII (d 10) and NiII (d 8) lead to less regular coordination environments for the former: ZnII adopts strongly distorted octahedral or even fivefold coordination spheres… Click to show full abstract
Different electron configurations for ZnII (d 10) and NiII (d 8) lead to less regular coordination environments for the former: ZnII adopts strongly distorted octahedral or even fivefold coordination spheres whereas NiII favours rather regular octahedra. As a consequence, only the more flexible zinc cations may act as nodes in two-dimensional extended structures.
               
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