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Is Nitrosyl neutral or positive ligand? ​

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NO(neutral) is nitrosyl, NO(with +1 charge) is nitrosonium and NO(with -1 charge) is nitroso, believe me it becomes a bit confusing with this ligand when it is paired with a central metal atom of variable O.S. to guess in which state it is acting as a ligand!

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