coordination compound

English

Noun

coordination compound (plural coordination compounds)

1. (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).

Synonyms

• complex compound
• coordinated complex
• coordination complex
• metal complex

Related terms

• coordination chemistry
• coordination number

Translations

Translations

Chinese: Mandarin: 配合物 (pèihéwù) Serbo-Croatian: konpleksni spoj m, kompleksno jedinjenje n

See also

• complex (chemistry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• chelate compound
• complex ion
• coordinate bond
• ligand field theory
• Werner complex