Pentacoordinating
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pentacoordinating is an adjective meaning (chemistry, of a ligand) Having five coordinate bonds to a metal ion.
Meaning
(chemistry, of a ligand) Having five coordinate bonds to a metal ion.
Example Sentences
Introduction of the designed electron-rich pentacoordinating ligand to generate Ru complex 1 significantly lowers the redox potentials for the complex and allows access to a wide variety of redox states.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pentacoordinated, pentadentate, pentacoordinate, hexacoordinated, octacoordinated, heptacoordinated.
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