backdonation

English

Etymology

back +‎ donation

Noun

backdonation (usually uncountable, plural backdonations)

  1. (physical chemistry, quantum mechanics) The transfer of one or more electrons from an atomic orbital of an atom to an antibonding orbital of a ligand

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