The use of oxidation numbers to determine the dn configuration of metal borane compounds (M→BX3) is problematic due to differences in opinion concerned with the charge assigned to the BX3 ligand; a molecular orbital analysis, however, indicates that the dn configuration must be reduced to dn-2 upon coordination of BX3.
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