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Bond structure

Bent molecular geometry
Molecular geometry
Chelation
Type of chemical bonding with metal ions
Coordination complex
Molecule or ion containing ligands datively bonded to a central metallic atom
Coordination geometry
Geometric arrangement of atoms about a given central atom in a coordination complex
Ligand
Molecule or functional group that binds or can bind to the central atom in a coordination complex
Ligand cone angle
Measure of the steric bulk of a ligand in a transition metal complex
Ligand field theory
Molecular orbital theory applied to transition metal complexes
Linear combination of atomic orbitals
Technique in quantum chemistry
Modern valence bond theory
Molecular geometry
Study of the 3D shapes of molecules
Octahedral molecular geometry
Molecular geometry
Orbital hybridisation
Mixing (superposition) of atomic orbitals in chemistry
Pi bond
Type of chemical bond
Resonance (chemistry)
Chemistry term; way of describing bonding in molecules or ions by the combination of several contributing structures into a resonance hybrid in valence bond theory
Tetrahedral molecular geometry
Central atom with four substituents located at the corners of a tetrahedron
Trigonal planar molecular geometry
Molecular geometry of symmetry D_3h
Trigonal pyramidal molecular geometry
Valence bond theory
One of two foundational theories of quantum chemistry
VSEPR theory
Theoretical model used in chemistry