homoleptic compound
chemical compound
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organometallic compounds
- In organometallic compound: Metal carbonyls
…the d-block metals form neutral homoleptic carbonyls. (The term homoleptic refers to identical groups attached to a central atom.) The remarkable volatility of tetracarbonylnickel, whose boiling point is 43 °C, prompted one of Mond’s contemporaries to state that “Mond put wings on metals.” The ease of formation of tetracarbonylnickel (from…
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