Q65 · CSIR-NET Chemistry, December 2016

Paper: CSIR-NET December 2016 · Subject: Inorganic Chemistry · Chapter: Organometallic Compounds · Topic: Organometallic Compounds – General · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Easy

The geometry of $\left[\mathrm{ReH}_{9}\right]^{2-}$ is

(a)monocapped square antiprism

(b)monocapped cube

(c)tricapped trigonal prism

(d)heptagonal bipyramid

Answer

Answer: C ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high

The source book printed no answer; this one was worked out and checked — see the explanation.

Explanation

[ReH₉]²⁻ is the textbook nine-coordinate tricapped trigonal prism (D₃h).

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