recoordination

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ coordination.

Noun

recoordination (usually uncountable, plural recoordinations)

1. (chemistry) A second or subsequent coordination (following dissociation)
   • 2015 April 29, Tanja M Laine et al., “A Dinuclear Ruthenium-Based Water Oxidation Catalyst: Use of Non-Innocent Ligand Frameworks for Promoting Multi-Electron Reactions”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)‎^[1], volume 21, →DOI:

     From the generated formal [(L)Ru 2 III,III (pic) 6 (OH 2 )] + intermediate, one picoline ligand can dissociate from the Ru center housing the “hydroxide” ligand (structure A in Figure  8 ), which is concomitant with recoordination of the pyrazole nitrogen to the Ru center.