Chelating Ligands vs Polydentate ligands

[Megan Singer 3D]

What's the difference between chelating ligands and polydentate ligands? Are these just two words for the same thing?

[Marylyn Makar 1B]

Hi! Yes chelating ligands and polydentate ligands are the same thing :)

[Sandy Lin 1L]

Ligands can be classified by how many times they bond with the transition metal. If it only forms one bond then it is monodentate. If it forms more than one bond, it is polydentate. Since it bonds more than once, it will form a chelate/ring of atoms.

[Sophia Spungin 2E]

A polydentate ligand is chelating ligand. I believe that chelating just refers to the structure that is able to form in the presence of a polydentate ligand.

[Rose_Malki_3G]

Polydentate ligands will form chelate/ring attached to the transition metal.

[Hailey Qasawadish 2J]

They aren't necessarily the exact same, but a polydentate ligand forms a ring, or rather, chelates, meaning that polydentate ligands are cheating ligands.