hypervalency

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ valency

Noun

hypervalency (plural hypervalencies)

  1. (chemistry) A higher than normal valency (typically involving a transfer of the electrons from the central (hypervalent) atom to the nonbonding molecular orbitals which it forms with (usually more electronegative) ligands)
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