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What is Ligand exchange?

Definition 20.3 University Chemistry — Year 2 · Chapter 20 — Organometallic Catalysis: Elementary Steps and Cycles

A ligand exchange is an elementary step in which a ligand of the coordination sphere is replaced by another; it changes neither the oxidation state nor, overall, the electron count. Its mechanisms are studied in the Year 3 volume.

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