Coordination entityLigands (typesclassification)Coordination numberCentral metal atom/ionCoordination sphereChelation and chelating agentsNomenclature of coordination compounds (IUPAC)Werner’s theory of coordination compoundsEffective atomic number (EAN)Types of isomerism (structuralstereoisomerismlinkageionizationhydratecoordination and geometrical)Coordination bond formationValence bond theory (VBT)Crystal field theory (CFT)Colour and magnetic properties of coordination compoundsApplications and uses of coordination compoundsStability of complexesLigand field splittingSpectrochemical seriesFormation constantsBiological importance of coordination compoundsAmbidentate ligandsRole of coordination compounds in qualitative and quantitative analysis