Extreme Rhombic Distortion in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and a Superposition Model Account

Abstract

Certain special relations between the energies of the spin states pertaining to the extreme rhombic distortion (or fully rhombic distortion) spin Hamiltonian are described. Possible ligand arrangements which could give rise to the extreme rhombic distortion are explored in the context of the superposition model, with examples demonstrating some intrinsic relations between the ligand coordination geometry and the second-order fine-structure tensor D. © 1996 Academic Press, Inc.