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An oxygen donor, in coordination chemistry, refers to a ligand that donates electron density to a metal center through one or more oxygen atoms. Oxygen donors can be neutral or anionic and may coordinate as a monodentate ligand via a single oxygen or as a multidentate chelate through two or more oxygen atoms. They are commonly classified by their donor atom as O-donor ligands and are often considered hard bases in the hard-soft acid-base framework, preferring bonding to harder metal centers.
Common examples of oxygen-donor ligands include water (H2O), alcohols (ROH), and ethers (ROR′), which typically bind
Applications and relevance of oxygen donors span catalysis, inorganic synthesis, and bioinorganic chemistry. They influence the