Chelating complex
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Re: Chelating complex
A chelating complex is a compound that has a central atom attached to a ligand. It is a cyclic structure.
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Re: Chelating complex
The textbook cites a chelate as a complex with more than 1 ligand forming a ring of atoms with the central metal atom. These must occur with polydentate ligands.
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Re: Chelating complex
The minimum number of ligands needed in order to form a chelating complex is 1, an important note: only polydentate ligands can form complexes.
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Re: Chelating complex
Chelate is defined to be the ring of atoms that involve atoms of the ligand and the metal.
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Re: Chelating complex
You also have to consider the geometry. You have to visually tell if the molecule will bend to make a chelating structure
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yes like if its a long string of atoms coming out of two sides of the central atom, you can imagine it would bend and make a chelate if a metal comes and connects each end
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