alkylidene complex

C40100
concept

An alkylidene complex is a coordination compound in which a metal center is double-bonded to a carbon atom that is also bonded to an alkyl group, forming a metal–carbon double bond (M=CR₂).

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
alkylidene complex canonical 1
olefin metathesis catalyst 1
ruthenium complex 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: alkylidene complex
Generated description
An alkylidene complex is a coordination compound in which a metal center is double-bonded to a carbon atom that is also bonded to an alkyl group, forming a metal–carbon double bond (M=CR₂).

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Schrock carbene
Grubbs catalyst ruthenium complex