Chelating ligands

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What should we know about chelating compounds? Just that they can bind to a transition metal with more stability? or do chelating ligands have affect biological systems differently?

[Gabbyscholtes 3B]

I know this is after the test but chelating compounds are molecules that can form coordination complexes by binding to a central metal ion through multiple attachment points. They are crucial in biological systems. For example chelating ligands can facilitate the transport of essential metals across cell membranes. They can also regulate enzyme activity by providing a metal cofactor essential for catalysis or removing a metal ion required for enzyme function.

[Angelina Tran 2F]

Chelating ligands are ligands which have more than two or three donor sites from which they form a coordination bond with the central metal and therefore, can form a ring like structure. In the real world, they can help in lowering the concentration of some metals in the blood by making complexes with them.