Hello!
I'm a little confused as to when we name coordination compounds with bis, tris, tetrakis, etc.
What's an example of when this is used instead of di, tri, tetra, etc.?
Thank you!
Prefix bis, tris, tetrakis, etc. [ENDORSED]
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Re: Prefix bis, tris, tetrakis, etc. [ENDORSED]
You would use this if the compound contains a ligand that has bi- tri- etc. in the name to avoid confusion. For example, palladium (0) tetrakis(triphenylphosphine).
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Re: Prefix bis, tris, tetrakis, etc.
Di-, tri-, and tetra- should be used for multiple monodentate ligands while bis-, tris-, tetrakis- would be used for for multiple polydentate ligands.
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Re: Prefix bis, tris, tetrakis, etc.
An example of this - if you had (en)3 (ethylenediamine) for example, it would be tris-ethylenediamine.
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Re: Prefix bis, tris, tetrakis, etc.
Vicky Lu 1L wrote:Di-, tri-, and tetra- should be used for multiple monodentate ligands while bis-, tris-, tetrakis- would be used for for multiple polydentate ligands.
What is a monodentate ligand and what's a polydentate ligand? I don't understand the difference.
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Re: Prefix bis, tris, tetrakis, etc.
danicatran4 wrote:Vicky Lu 1L wrote:Di-, tri-, and tetra- should be used for multiple monodentate ligands while bis-, tris-, tetrakis- would be used for for multiple polydentate ligands.
What is a monodentate ligand and what's a polydentate ligand? I don't understand the difference.
Monodentate ligands have one e- donor to bind with another central atom, but bidentate has 2 e- donor, etc...
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