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Chemistry
In the previous Unit we learnt that the transition metals
form a large number of complex compounds in which
the metal atoms are bound to a number of anions or
neutral molecules by sharing of electrons In modern
terminology such compounds are called coordination
compounds The chemistry of coordination compounds
is an important and challenging area of modern
inorganic chemistry