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  2. Octahedral molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    For ML a 4 L b 2, two isomers exist.These isomers of ML a 4 L b 2 are cis, if the L b ligands are mutually adjacent, and trans, if the L b groups are situated 180° to each other. It was the analysis of such complexes that led Alfred Werner to the 1913 Nobel Prize–winning postulation of octahedral complexes.

  3. Cis effect - Wikipedia

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    The system most often studied for the cis effect is an octahedral complex M(CO) 5 X where X is the ligand that will labilize a CO ligand cis to it. Unlike the trans effect, which is most often observed in 4-coordinate square planar complexes, the cis effect is observed in 6-coordinate octahedral transition metal complexes.

  4. Trans effect - Wikipedia

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    The analogous cis effect is most often observed in octahedral transition metal complexes. In addition to this kinetic trans effect, trans ligands also have an influence on the ground state of the molecule, the most notable ones being bond lengths and stability. Some authors prefer the term trans influence to distinguish it from the kinetic ...

  5. Cis–trans isomerism - Wikipedia

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    Coordination complexes with octahedral or square planar geometries can also exhibit cis-trans isomerism. The two isomeric complexes, cisplatin and transplatin For example, there are two isomers of square planar Pt(NH 3 ) 2 Cl 2 , as explained by Alfred Werner in 1893.

  6. Descriptor (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    In inorganic complex chemistry, the descriptors cis and trans are used to characterize the positional isomers in octahedral complexes with A 2 B 4 X configuration or square planar complexes with A 2 B 2 X configuration.

  7. Coordination complex - Wikipedia

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    Cisplatin, PtCl 2 (NH 3) 2, is a coordination complex of platinum(II) with two chloride and two ammonia ligands.It is one of the most successful anticancer drugs. A coordination complex is a chemical compound consisting of a central atom or ion, which is usually metallic and is called the coordination centre, and a surrounding array of bound molecules or ions, that are in turn known as ligands ...

  8. Reductive elimination - Wikipedia

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    For a nondissociative pathway, reductive elimination occurs from the four-coordinate system to afford a two-coordinate complex. If the eliminating ligands are trans to each other, the complex must first undergo a trans to cis isomerization before eliminating. In an associative mechanism, a ligand must initially associate with the four ...

  9. Tetradentate ligand - Wikipedia

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    This arrangement is illustrated by complexes of the Trost ligand. The ligand can bend so that one donor atom is at the pole and the remaining three are on the equator of the central atom. This is called cis-β (beta). The remaining octahedral positions are cis (adjacent) to each other. The triangles of coordinating atoms and the central atom ...