... ‘central atoms’, either of the same or different types. These‘central atoms’ are linked together through direct atom -to- atom bonding, or else are linkedby ligands that as a result are joined to at ... 2009 12:56 Printer: Yet to come4 The Central Atomof a proton), since these species are able to accept a proton. However, in the descriptionwe have developed here, no proton is involved, but the ... Because coordination chemistry is the chemistry of the vast majority of thePeriodic Table, the metals and metalloids, it is central to the proper study of chemistry. Moreover, since many coordination...