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hexacoordination

hexacoordination noun: coordination in which the coordination number is 6.

Noun

hexacoordination (uncountable)

  1. coordination in which the coordination number is 6
    • This stabilization was definitively confirmed by the spectral analysis of VPi showing a stable pentacoordinate high-spin heme-iron state at pH 3.5 and 7 characteristic of an active peroxidase [14 ], unlike what observed for the native enzyme, where the breakdown of the proximal histidine-iron...2015 October 24, “Improving the pH-stability of Versatile Peroxidase by Comparative Structural Analysis with a Naturally-Stable Manganese Peroxidase”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hexacoordination

From hexa- + coordination.

Questions about hexacoordination

What does hexacoordination mean?
Hexacoordination means coordination in which the coordination number is 6.
What part of speech is hexacoordination?
Hexacoordination is a noun.

Words near hexacoordination in the dictionary

  1. hexacontahedron
  2. hexacontane
  3. hexacontanes
  4. hexacoordinate
  5. hexacoordinated
  6. hexacoordination
  7. hexacopter
  8. hexacopters
  9. hexacoral
  10. hexacorallian
  11. hexacorallians

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