Sidgwick’s Effective Atomic Number Rule



            The EAN rule is also called as the 18-electron rule of noble gas rule. According to this rule, the total number of electrons around the central metal ion including to those gained through co-ordination by the ligands is known as the effective atomic number of the central atom. In many cases this number is equal to the atomic number of next higher inert gas.
EAN = Atomic no: of central atom ± Electron gained or lost + No. of electron denoted by ligands.


Complex
Atomic no: of central atom ± Electron gained or lost + No. of electron denoted by ligands.
EAN
[Ni(CO)4]
28 - 0 + 2(4)
36
[Fe(CO)5]
26 – 0 + 2(5)
36
[Fe(CN)6]-4
26 - 2 + 2(6)
36
[Zn(NH3)4]2+
30 - 2 + 2(4)
36
[V(CO)6]-
23 + 1 + 2(6)
36
[Pd(NH3)6]4+
78 – 4 + 2(6)
86
[Cr(NH3)6]3+
24 – 3 + 2(6)
33
[Cu(CN)4]3+
29 – 3 + 2(4)
36
[Co(NH3)6]3+
27 – 3 + 2(6)
36
[Co(CN)4]3-
27 – 3 + 2(4)
36
 


36 is atomic number of Kr noble gas and 86 is atomic number of Rn noble gas.

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