The remainder of his career was spent
gathering the experimental support required to validate his new ideas Werner
became the first Swiss chemist to win the Nobel Prize in 1913 for his work
on the linkage of atoms and the coordination theory (1866-1919)
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Rationalised 2023-24
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Coordination Compounds
( a ) Coordination entity
A coordination entity constitutes a central metal atom or ion bonded
to a fixed number of ions or molecules For example, [CoCl3(NH3)3]
is a coordination entity in which the cobalt ion is surrounded by
three ammonia molecules and three chloride ions