Transition metal amino acid complexes are a large family of coordination complexes containing the conjugate bases of the amino acids, the 2-aminocarboxylates...

A transition metal imidazole complex is a coordination complex that has one or more imidazole ligands. Complexes of imidazole itself are of little practical...

or the citric acid cycle, as detailed in image at right. Amino acids are bidentate ligands, forming transition metal amino acid complexes. The total nitrogen...

Transition metal carboxylate complexes are coordination complexes with carboxylate (RCO2−) ligands. Reflecting the diversity of carboxylic acids, the inventory...

Metal carbonyls are coordination complexes of transition metals with carbon monoxide ligands. Metal carbonyls are useful in organic synthesis and as catalysts...

Transition metal complexes of thiocyanate describes coordination complexes containing one or more thiocyanate (SCN-) ligands. The topic also includes transition...

Transition metal thiolate complexes are metal complexes containing thiolate ligands. Thiolates are ligands that can be classified as soft Lewis bases...

A transition metal alkoxide complex is a kind of coordination complex containing one or more alkoxide ligands, written as RO−, where R is the organic...

atom are common. These complexes are called chelate complexes; the formation of such complexes is called chelation, complexation, and coordination. The...

Transition metal hydrides are chemical compounds containing a transition metal bonded to hydrogen. Most transition metals form hydride complexes and some...

A transition metal carbene complex is an organometallic compound featuring a divalent carbon ligand, itself also called a carbene. Carbene complexes have...

Metal nitrosyl complexes are complexes that contain nitric oxide, NO, bonded to a transition metal. Many kinds of nitrosyl complexes are known, which vary...

Transition metal carbyne complexes are organometallic compounds with a triple bond between carbon and the transition metal. This triple bond consists of...

either into simpler or more complex products. Examples of biosynthetic pathways include those for the production of amino acids, lipid membrane components...

Transition metal nitrile complexes are coordination compounds containing nitrile ligands. Because nitriles are weakly basic, the nitrile ligands in these...

complexes. Cationic alkene complexes are susceptible to attack by nucleophiles. Metal alkene complexes are intermediates in many or most transition metal...

Peptides are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds. A polypeptide is a longer, continuous, unbranched peptide chain. Polypeptides that have...

of complex: compounds formed by the interaction of a metal ion with a ligand and supramolecular complexes, such as host–guest complexes and complexes of...

other organic products, e.g. hydrogenation and trimerization. Transition metal alkyne complexes are often formed by the displacement of labile ligands by...

A transition metal oxo complex is a coordination complex containing an oxo ligand. Formally O2–, an oxo ligand can be bound to one or more metal centers...

A transition metal nitrate complex is a coordination compound containing one or more nitrate ligands. Such complexes are common starting reagents for the...

Transition metal phosphate complexes are coordination complexes with one or more phosphate ligands. Phosphate binds to metals through one, two, three...

Transition metal acyl complexes describes organometallic complexes containing one or more acyl (RCO) ligands. Such compounds occur as transient intermediates...

Transition metal perchlorate complexes are coordination complexes with one or more perchlorate ligands. Perchlorate can bind to metals through one, two...

Transition metal pyridine complexes encompass many coordination complexes that contain pyridine as a ligand. Most examples are mixed-ligand complexes...

on transition metals are able to reinforce π-backbonding onto a π-acid. They are also known to labilize cis-ligands. Homoleptic complexes (complexes with...

ketonization, in which a pair of carboxylic acids combine to the eponymous functional group: Transition metal salts, especially copper compounds, facilitate...

Transition metal isocyanide complexes are coordination compounds containing isocyanide ligands. Because isocyanides are relatively basic, but also good...

In coordination chemistry, metal ammine complexes are metal complexes containing at least one ammonia (NH3) ligand. "Ammine" is spelled this way for historical...

In chemistry, metal aquo complexes are coordination compounds containing metal ions with only water as a ligand. These complexes are the predominant species...