Polydentate

[Claire Lo 3C]

What exactly is a polydentate?

[Amanda Lin 2I]

A polydentate ligand is a ligand that has multiple atoms with lone pairs that can be used to bond to a central metal atom.

[MinuChoi]

Note that polydentate can refer to tridentate, tetradentate, etc (not mono- or bidentates). It depends on how many atoms in the ligand have lone pairs available.

[Anne Tsai 1F]

Polydentate ligands are chelating agents with multiple atoms bound to a metal in a coordination complex.

[Vivianvelazquez_1J]

A polydentate ligand is a ligand that coordinates to a metal center by two or more atoms, forming two or more bonds. Polydentate ligands range in the number of atoms used to bond to a central metal atom or ion.