Hexacoordination
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hexacoordination is a noun meaning (chemistry) coordination in which the coordination number is 6.
Meaning
(chemistry) coordination in which the coordination number is 6.
Example Sentences
This stabilization was definitively confirmed by the spectral analysis of VPi showing a stable pentacoordinate high-spin heme-iron state at pH 3.5 and 7 characteristic of an active peroxidase [14 ], unlike what observed for the native enzyme, where the breakdown of the proximal histidine-iron interaction (at pH 3–3.5) and iron hexacoordination by proximal and distal histidines (at pH 7) was produced.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pentacoordination, hypercoordination, multicoordination, hexakisadduct, hexacation, heterocoordination.
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