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Simple rules are presented for rationalizing and predicting the geometries of complex polynuclear aggregates of atoms and molecular fragments.
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MINGOS, D. A General Theory for Cluster and Ring Compounds of the Main Group and Transition Elements. Nature Physical Science 236, 99–102 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci236099a0
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