Nucleophilic abstraction

Nucleophilic abstraction is a type of an organometallic reaction which can be defined as a nucleophilic attack on a ligand which causes part or all of the original ligand to be removed from the metal along with the nucleophile.[1][2]

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  2. ^ Xu, Ruren; Pang, Wenqin; Huo, Qisheng (2011).Modern Inorganic Synthetic Chemistry. pp. 275-278 ISBN 978-0-444-53599-3