Do the hyper-coordinate planar transition metal atoms exist?

Wheel-shaped structures with octa- and enneacoordinate planar cobalt, iron and nickel centered in perfect octagonal and enneagonal boron rings, are stable on corresponding potential hyper-surfaces. This suggests that the central element bonding capacities have not been exhausted.

[hetrevillion]

Say what?

[shinningelectr0n]

I looked up "enneal". It refers to groups of Nine. So, 8 & 9 sided bonding potential configurations are stable into the hyper-surfaces? Sounds like better living through chemistry.

[Richard]

Sounds like it's time to get off the computer and into the lab.

[truthist]

Richard wrote:

Sounds like it's time to get off the computer and into the lab.

I agree to make some aromatic species.

[shinningelectr0n]

truthist wrote:

<quoted text>I agree to make some aromatic species.

Did you mean to say 'feces'?

[Random]

shinningelectr0n wrote:

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Did you mean to say 'feces'?

Is this where you hill-billy biblethumpers take a breather? Can't think of a way to tie this into global warming, obama, or environmentalists, can you?

Guess that means make a lame, derailing post on an obscure science article, then go out back and shag your cow.

[Ed Teach]

I going to recharge my robot and think about this for a while.

[shinningelectr0n]

Random wrote:

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Is this where you hill-billy biblethumpers take a breather? Can't think of a way to tie this into global warming, obama, or environmentalists, can you?
Guess that means make a lame, derailing post on an obscure science article, then go out back and shag your cow.

Well....upon careful consideration and study, I would say that all of the above is a far better choice than than speaking nonsense from inside of your navel.

[RoundofApplause]

Belly-buttons; the final frontier!

[PoKay1kaDuB]

I'm glad to see that we're all excited to learn that cobalt might be able to hold more ligands. Chelation has no limits? Sounds like they are forcing a molecule into existence again. Maybe they will find a use for a higher coordinate system. A long time ago someone in my reasearch group used a cyanocobalamine in a free radical polymerization, it had I forget how many CO ligands but the point is whether it was hexavalent or enneavalent, I don't think it would have mattered. I'll think about it while I am spending quality time with my cow.

Shinner,
I can't believe you got mistaked for a biblethumper! A hillbilly Biblethumper to boot. Whether the post was in fun or not, ya gotta admit, it was pretty darn funny. Although if it happened to me I don't know if I'd be laughing.