{"title":"The Scandium Aqua Ion Revisited","authors":"S. Cotton","doi":"10.1080/02603594.2018.1486303","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"X-ray diffraction studies on scandium salts in solution and in the solid state, have afforded Sc-O bond lengths in the ions [Sc(H2O)n]3+ (n = 6, 7 and 8) as well as for several compounds containing [(H2O)5Sc(μ-OH)2Sc(H2O)5]4+ ions. Several theoretical studies have examined different models for the aqua ion without finding agreement. This review considers these studies. Diffraction results from solutions yield bond lengths which are compared with species of known geometry and coordination number in the solid state, and with different quantum mechanical predictions. On balance, it is considered that a seven-coordinate [Sc(OH2)7]3+ ion is the species found in solution. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":10481,"journal":{"name":"Comments on Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"96 1","pages":"110 - 125"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8000,"publicationDate":"2018-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Comments on Inorganic Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02603594.2018.1486303","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
X-ray diffraction studies on scandium salts in solution and in the solid state, have afforded Sc-O bond lengths in the ions [Sc(H2O)n]3+ (n = 6, 7 and 8) as well as for several compounds containing [(H2O)5Sc(μ-OH)2Sc(H2O)5]4+ ions. Several theoretical studies have examined different models for the aqua ion without finding agreement. This review considers these studies. Diffraction results from solutions yield bond lengths which are compared with species of known geometry and coordination number in the solid state, and with different quantum mechanical predictions. On balance, it is considered that a seven-coordinate [Sc(OH2)7]3+ ion is the species found in solution. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
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