Cisplatin Denticity

[Erin Woolmore 1C]

Is cisplatin monodentate or bidentate? It binds to nitrogens of different base pairs, but since its two different nitrogens, it is monodentate, right? Or does it relate to the number of places the ligand binds to?

[105605391]

It relates to the number of places a ligand can bind to one TM. I believe cisplatin is monodentate and can bind to two different transition metals, but can not bind twice to the same TM.

[Alex FreeWolf 2E]

Cisplatin has a square planar shape and monodentate ligands

[Michelle Li 2B]

Hi! Since denticity is about how many places a ligand can bind to one transition metal, cisplatin is monodentate, since it can only bond once to a transition metal.