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Tetrahedral Ni(CO)4 can be used as the reference structure for the fragments Ni(CO)3, Ni...

Tetrahedral Ni(CO)4 can be used as the reference structure for the fragments Ni(CO)3, Ni(CO)2, and Ni(CO).

a. Determine the formulas of the hydrocarbon fragments of methane for each of these nickel carbonyl fragments.

Determine x for the closo clusters containing Ni(CO) and Ni(CO)2 fragments:

b. [Bi3Ni4(CO)6]x

c. [BixNi4(CO)6]2- (J. M. Goicoechea, M. W. Hull, S. C. Sevov, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 7885.)

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