How to tell if something is a chelate

[Samantha Chung 4I]

I understand the chelates need to be polydentate ions, and that there needs to be "spaces" between each atom with lone pairs to form a ring. Besides that, how do we tell if a compound forms a chelate, and further, if the chelate is stable?

[Bianca Barcelo 4I]

To tell if something is a chelate, I believe you would look at how the ligand has two binding sites to the transition metal.

[Kelly Zhang 1L]

Do chelates have to be in ring structures or does it need to be bound by 2 elements?

[MichelleRamirez_2F]

I think that a chelate is when the ring structured compound binds a central metal at two or more places.

[Ramsha Dis1B]

When a ligand is bound in two places it forms a ring-like structure.

[Nikki Bych 1I]

I believe if the ligand forms a ring with the TM, it is a chelate

[Abhi4F]

A chelate forms when a plydentate ligands forms multiple coordinate covalent bonds with a central metal atom.