This would involve H2O becoming sp2 hybridised instead and forming a coordinate pi bond with the metal. Both the sigma and pi bonds would be coordinate bonds. I haven't ever heard of coordinate bonds forming this way, but I still wanted to know why it's not possible. Thanks.
Can H2O donate it's lone pairs as coordinate bonds at the same time?
Charles
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