Run the search

•	Hit the Search button at the bottom right-hand corner of the drawing window.

•	A Search Setup window will pop up which allows you to specify which database you wish to search and also allows you to add filters to your search. For the purposes of this search, this will be left as it is. Hit Start Search at the bottom left of the screen to begin the search.

•	As soon as you start the search, the ConQuest interface moves to the View Results pane. After a few moments, the reference codes (refcodes) of hit structures will start to appear in the list on the right-hand side. How many hits are found?

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Click on any structures refcode to see its chemical diagram, the transition metal substructure will be highlighted in red. Alternatively, use the << and >> buttons to scroll though some of the hits. Select 3D Visualiser from the tabs on the right hand side of the View results pane and inspect some of the hits. What metal coordination geometries are observed?

•	You should notice that the hits predominantly contain structures with square planar (e.g. AGLCUD and BDMIUP) and tetrahedral (e.g. CETXOO and FOJBUB02) geometries.

 

left: square planar geometry in AGLCUD; right: tetrahedral geometry in CETXOO