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16-Electron Rule

The "16-Electron Rule" is a theoretical principle in organometallic chemistry that serves as a counting method to predict the stability of transition metal complexes by identifying when the central metal atom achieves a valence electron count of 16, typically associated with favorable diamagnetic, low-spin square planar or related coordination geometries, in contrast to the more common octet or 18-electron configurations.

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A Unifying Electron-Counting Rule for Macropolyhedral Boranes, Metallaboranes, and Metallocenes

Eluvathingal D. Jemmis, Musiri M. Balakrishnarajan, Pattath D. Pancharatna · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2001 · 219 citations

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Complex Transition-Metal Hydrides

K. Yvon · CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry · 1998 · 123 citations · Full text

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A Global Search of Highly Stable Gold‐Covered Bimetallic Clusters M@Au<sub><i>n</i></sub> (<i>n</i>=8–17): Endohedral Gold Clusters

Yi Gao, Satya Bulusu, Xiao Cheng Zeng · ChemPhysChem · 2006 · 91 citations

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The Nowotny Chimney Ladder Phases:  Following the <b>c</b><sub>pseudo</sub> Clue toward an Explanation of the 14 Electron Rule

Daniel C. Fredrickson, Stephen Lee, Roald Hoffmann et al. · Inorganic Chemistry · 2004 · 85 citations

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Planar pentacoordinate carbon atoms embedded in a metallocene framework

Zhong‐hua Cui, Valentín Vassilev-Galindo, José Luis Cabellos et al. · Chemical Communications · 2016 · 77 citations

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  1. YD
    Yi‐hong Ding

    Jilin University, China

    2 publications · 104 citations

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    Tein‐Fu Wang

    Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  3. RK
    Rajesh Kumar

    Guangxi Normal University, China

    1 publications · 57 citations

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  4. RH
    Roald Hoffmann

    Cornell University, United States

    1 publications · 85 citations

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  5. RZ
    Rugang Zhong

    Beijing University of Technology, China

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  1. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    154 citations

  2. Jilin Medical University

    Jilin City, China

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    262 citations

  3. Institute of Theoretical Physics

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    262 citations

  4. Jilin University

    Changchun, China

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    262 citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    72 citations

  6. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    95 citations

  7. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Stockholm, Sweden

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    95 citations

  8. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

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  1. Inorganic Chemistry

    3 publications · 153 citations

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  2. Journal of the American Chemical Society

    JACS · 2 publications · 242 citations

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  3. Journal of Alloys and Compounds

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  4. ChemPhysChem

    1 publications · 91 citations

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  5. RSC Advances

    1 publications · 51 citations

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