Reply to the ‘Comment on “In Defence of Oxidation States”’ by J. C. Green, Dalton Transactions, 2022, 51, DOI: 10.1039/D1DT02930D
Abstract
We reiterate and reinforce some of the points concerning oxidation states and the Covalent Bond Classification method we made in the Perspective article entitled ‘In Defence of Oxidation States’ including a brief discussion of the relative merits of the terms ‘metathesis’ and ‘redox’ when considering addition across a metal–metal bond.