recoordination

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noun

A second or subsequent coordination (following dissociation)

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Meanings

nounrecoordination (usually uncountable, plural recoordinations)

plural recoordinations

  1. uncountableusuallychemistryA second or subsequent coordination (following dissociation)

    From the generated formal [(L)Ru 2 III,III (pic) 6 (OH 2 )] + intermediate, one picoline ligand can dissociate from the Ru center housing the “hydroxide” ligand (structure A in Figure 8 ), which is concomitant with recoordination of the pyrazole nitrogen to the Ru center.

    2015 April 29, Tanja M Laine et al., “A Dinuclear Ruthenium-Based Water Oxidation Catalyst: Use of Non-Innocent Ligand Frameworks for Promoting Multi-Electron Reactions”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany), volume 21, →DOI

Origin

From re- + coordination.

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