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This paper analyzes the effect of the increased number of electrons lying on the 6s orbitals of Hg ions on the formation of polyatomic Hgn cations, their structure, and Hg-Hg distances. The critical role in the formation and structural characterstics of Hgn cations is played by the degree of expansion of the Hg5d atomic orbitals; when 6s electrons increase in number, this expansion is enhanced by relativistic effects. Formation of Hgn cations and the observed tendencies are explained in terms of the virial theorem.
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Translated fromZhurnal Struktumoi Khimii, Vol.40, No. 2, pp. 314–323, March–April, 1999
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Volkova, L.M., Magarill, S.A. On formation of polyatomic mercury cations. J Struct Chem 40, 262–269 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02903655
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