ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Scorpionate

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Scorpionate is an adjective meaning (chemistry) A ligand having a tridentate form.

Meaning

(chemistry) A ligand having a tridentate form.

More Meanings

  1. (chemistry, of a ligand) Being tridentate, so as to bind to a metal in a fac manner (or facial; said of an isomer when three of its ligands, when identical, occupy one face of an octahedron).

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Related dictionary entries include tridentate, heptadentate, hexadentate, pentadentate, octadentate, tricoordinated.

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