NXL nomenclature

The NXL nomenclature is an alternative nomenclature for hypervalent compounds . It was proposed by Martin and Arduengo in 1980 .

X denotes the central atom, N the number of valence electrons on the central atom and L the number of ligands on the central atom.

Examples

• XeF ₂ , 10-Xe-2
• PCl ₅ , 10-P-5
• SF ₆ , 12-S-6
• IF ₇ , 14-I-7
• IBX , 10-I-4
• DMP , 12-I-5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CW Perkins, JC Martin, AJ Arduengo, W. Lau, A. Alegria, JK Kochi: An electrically neutral σ-sulfuranyl radical from the homolysis of a perester with neighboring sulfenyl sulfur: 9-S-3 species . In: Journal of the American Chemical Society . tape 102 , no. December 26 , 1980, pp. 7753–7759 , doi : 10.1021 / ja00546a019 ( PDF ).
2. ↑ uni-heidelberg.de: New IBX applications , accessed on September 12, 2015.