(Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2020-05) Perera K.D.Sarath
Coordinatively unsaturated metal centres (Mn+)
(valence electron count, VEC<18) may undergo oxidative
addition reactions to form saturated metal complexes by
cleaving the X-Y bond of a molecule (e.g. H2
, O2
, Br2
,
I2
, Cl2
, organic halides (RX), HX, RCO2
H, alkenes and
alkynes with electron withdrawing groups).