Reductive elimination
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Reductive elimination is the reverse of Oxidative addition.To illustrate this distinction, consider the following equilibrium:
The forward reaction involves formal oxidation of the metal, accompanied by an increase in coordination number; it is an OA. The reverse reaction is an example of RE, which involves a decrease in both oxidation number and coordination number.
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References
- ↑ Inorganic Chemistry by Missler and Tarr ISBN 8131718859