Inorganic chemistry studies the structures, bonding, reactions, and properties of inorganic substances, including coordination complexes, metals, minerals, salts, and extended solids. Its scope overlaps organic chemistry when carbon-containing ligands or metal-carbon bonds are involved.
For example, changing a metal ion's ligands can alter its geometry, color, magnetic state, and reaction pathways. Studying that change requires both molecular electronic structure and evidence from measurements such as spectroscopy or diffraction.
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