Significance of mono-, bi-, poly- dentate
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peytonruiz 1H
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Significance of mono-, bi-, poly- dentate
What is the significance of a ligand being monodentate, bidentate, polydentate? Why do we make this distinction?
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Jasmin Tran 1J
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Re: Significance of mono-, bi-, poly- dentate
Monodentate means that it is bonded at one spot, bidentate meaning two spots, and polydentate meaning many (unspecified). We make this distinction so that we know how many spots a ligand can bind at. An example of polydentate is the hexadentate EDTA.
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