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NEETChemistryCoordination Compounds

What is the modern terminology used for compounds where transition metals share electrons with anions or neutral molecules?

Options

  1. AComplex compounds
  2. BIonic compounds
  3. CMolecular compounds
  4. DOrganic compounds

Correct answer

A. Complex compounds

Step-by-step solution

The paragraph mentions that compounds in which transition metals share electrons with anions or neutral molecules are called "coordination compounds" in modern terminology.

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