Preferred Label : back donation;
IUPAC definition : A description of the bonding of π-conjugated ligands to a transition metal which involves
a synergic process with donation of electrons from the filled π-orbital or lone electron
pair orbital of the ligand into an empty orbital of the metal (donor–acceptor bond),
together with release (back donation) of electrons from an i n /i d orbital of the
metal (which is of π-symmetry with respect to the metal–ligand axis) into the empty
π*-antibonding orbital of the ligand.;
Origin ID : BT06997;
See also
A description of the bonding of π-conjugated ligands to a transition metal which involves
a synergic process with donation of electrons from the filled π-orbital or lone electron
pair orbital of the ligand into an empty orbital of the metal (donor–acceptor bond),
together with release (back donation) of electrons from an i n /i d orbital of the
metal (which is of π-symmetry with respect to the metal–ligand axis) into the empty
π*-antibonding orbital of the ligand.
