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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. chemical substances
  3. chemical compounds
  4. coordination compounds

Preferred term

coordination compounds

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information Neutral or negatively charged ligands bonded to metal cations or neutral atoms. The number of ligand atoms to which the metal center is directly bonded is the metal cation's coordination number, and this number is always greater than the regular valence or oxidation number of the metal. A coordination complex can be negative, neutral, or positively charged.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2015

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • coordination complex
  • coordination complexes

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/263

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