Ligand polydentate
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Nohemi Garcia 1L
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Re: Ligand polydentate
I'm not entirely sure, but I think it depends on the lone pairs within a molecule. Like water is a monodentate because it can only bond through oxygen which has 2 sets of lone pairs. With en (ethylenediamine) since it has multiple nitrogens with lone pairs, it is able to bond through multiple site, making it a polydentate.
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Joowon Seo 3A
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Re: Ligand polydentate
It depends on how many lone pairs the ligand has. For example, en has two nitrogen with lone pairs and is a bidentate.
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Alan Cornejo 1a
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Re: Ligand polydentate
Nohemi Garcia 1I wrote:I'm not entirely sure, but I think it depends on the lone pairs within a molecule. Like water is a monodentate because it can only bond through oxygen which has 2 sets of lone pairs. With en (ethylenediamine) since it has multiple nitrogens with lone pairs, it is able to bond through multiple site, making it a polydentate.
So only one of the lone pairs on oxygen is used ?
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Adelpha Chan 1B
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Re: Ligand polydentate
Alan Cornejo 1a wrote:Nohemi Garcia 1I wrote:I'm not entirely sure, but I think it depends on the lone pairs within a molecule. Like water is a monodentate because it can only bond through oxygen which has 2 sets of lone pairs. With en (ethylenediamine) since it has multiple nitrogens with lone pairs, it is able to bond through multiple site, making it a polydentate.
So only one of the lone pairs on oxygen is used ?
Yes, only one oxygen is used. This is shown in the naming compound sheet linked in another post indicating the water molecule is OHO with the bond to the first oxygen
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