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Vanadium hexacarbonyl
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<p>Vanadium hexacarbonyl is the <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">formula</a> V(CO)6. It is a blue-black volatile solid. This highly reactive species is noteworthy from theoretical perspectives as a rare isolable <a href="/facts/Homoleptic/QjKkfHqS">homoleptic</a> <a href="/facts/Metal_carbonyl/KzJBcMzU">metal carbonyl</a> that is paramagnetic. Most species with the formula M<i>x</i>(CO)<i>y</i> follow the <a href="/facts/18-electron_rule/KNfG6tpM">18-electron rule</a>, whereas V(CO)6 has 17 valence electrons. </p>