Discussion on octet expansion in sulfur hexafluoride and related compounds suggests new insights.
Following on from discussing octet expansion in species such as SeMe6, ClMe3 and ClMe5, I felt impelled to return to SF6, often used as an icon for hypervalence.
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Henry S. Rzepa (2017) studied this question.
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