Identifying Polydentate/Monodentate/etc.

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Teresa Dinh 3L
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Identifying Polydentate/Monodentate/etc.

Postby Teresa Dinh 3L » Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:18 pm

How do we identify polydentate.monodetante/bidentate/chelate ligands?
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Quynhanh Nguyen 1C
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Re: Identifying Polydentate/Monodentate/etc.

Postby Quynhanh Nguyen 1C » Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:25 pm

Hi Teresa! I believe the way to identify polydentate ligands is to look at how many binding sites are available (lone electron pairs). For instance, diethylenetriamine has 3 Nitrogens (three amines), each with a free electron pair. Therefore, it is polydentate. Hope that helps!
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