ambident anion

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(thing) by BioTech (9 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Wed Nov 10 2004 at 1:09:27

A group of atoms that carry an overall negative charge and which can donate electrons to electron acceptors such as metal atoms.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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