central atom - CISMeF

Preferred Label : central atom;

IUPAC definition : The atom in a coordination entity which binds other atoms or groups of atoms (ligands) to itself, thereby occupying a central position in the coordination entity.;

Details

Origin ID

C00930;

See also
- Bent's rule [IUPAC Term]
- apical (basal, equatorial) [IUPAC Term]
- apicophilicity [IUPAC Term]
- chelation [IUPAC Term]
- coordination [IUPAC Term]
- coordination entity [IUPAC Term]
- coordination number [IUPAC Term]
- coordination polyhedron [IUPAC Term]
- denticity [IUPAC Term]
- formation constant [IUPAC Term]
- ligands [IUPAC Term]
- ligate [IUPAC Term]
- nuclearity [IUPAC Term]
- oxidation number [IUPAC Term]
- per acids [IUPAC Term]
- polyhedral symbol [IUPAC Term]
- polytopal rearrangement [IUPAC Term]
- pseudorotation [IUPAC Term]
- pyramidal inversion [IUPAC Term]
- stereogenic unit [IUPAC Term]
- trans- [IUPAC Term]
- α-addition [IUPAC Term]
- α-elimination [IUPAC Term]
- η (eta or hapto) [IUPAC Term]

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