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Main question: What is the name of the 8 coordinate complex pointgroup? Or does it even exist?
I've been exposed to octahedrons and icosohedrons, however, the 8 coordinate high symmetry complexes appear to have been skipped. I'm aware that these complexes would be rare but I think that they do exist. I was able to find this image of a XeF8 2- anion:
http://ce.sysu.edu.cn/echemi/inocbx/ic3/Xe/images/XeF8_2-.jpg
Another visual representation is the f-orbital (xyz)... if the lobes were treated as not having spins (all the same "ligand").
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F4M2.png
I've been exposed to octahedrons and icosohedrons, however, the 8 coordinate high symmetry complexes appear to have been skipped. I'm aware that these complexes would be rare but I think that they do exist. I was able to find this image of a XeF8 2- anion:
http://ce.sysu.edu.cn/echemi/inocbx/ic3/Xe/images/XeF8_2-.jpg
Another visual representation is the f-orbital (xyz)... if the lobes were treated as not having spins (all the same "ligand").
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F4M2.png