Naming

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Postby melissa_dis4K » Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:41 pm

When would you use bis, tri, tetrakis? And are we using it instead of di, tri, tetra, etc?

Postby Kayla Vo 1B » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:59 pm

For naming, if a ligand is polydentate or already has a prefix, then you would use bis, tris, tetrakis, etc.

Postby MaggieMatern_Dis1H » Wed Dec 05, 2018 11:31 pm

e.g. diethylenediamine would be written bisethylenediamine because DI is already in the name

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