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Coordination chemistry

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coordinationnounThe act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
multicoordinationnoun(chemistry) multiple coordination
coordination complexnounAlternative form of coordination compound. [(chemistry) Any of a class of compounds in which a central metal atom (normally a transition element) is surrounded by a group of ions or molecules (ligands).]
heterocoordinationnoun(chemistry) coordination between different metal atoms
coordination compoundnoun(chemistry) Any of a class of compounds in which a central metal atom (normally a transition element) is surrounded by a group of ions or molecules (ligands).
coordinated complexnounAlternative form of coordination compound. [(chemistry) Any of a class of compounds in which a central metal atom (normally a transition element) is surrounded by a group of ions or molecules (ligands).]
hypercoordinationnoun(chemistry) The property of an atom (in a molecule) having a larger than normal coordination number (typically greater than 4)
coordinate bondnoun(physical chemistry) One of the bonds between the central metal atom of a coordination compound and its ligands.
pentacoordinationnoun(chemistry) The condition of being pentacoordinate
hexacoordinationnoun(chemistry) coordination in which the coordination number is 6
complex compoundnounSynonym of coordination compound.
coordination numbernoun(chemistry) The number of other atoms surrounding an atom in a molecule
secondary valencenoun(chemistry) in a coordination compound, the number of ions or molecules that are coordinated to the central metal ion; its coordination number
dative bondnoun(chemistry) coordinate bond
organic chemistrynoun(chemistry) The chemistry of organic compounds (that is, chemical compounds with carbon atoms in a covalent bond).
organometallic chemistrynoun(chemistry) the chemistry of organometallic compounds; their preparation, structure and reactions
ligandnoun(inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry) A molecule or moiety (ion, functional group, or radical) that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex; as, especially:
regiochemistrynoun(chemistry) The chemistry of regioselective reactions
collochemistrynouncolloidal chemistry.
complexationnoun(chemistry) The formation of a complex

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