Tetradentate ligand
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title:
Tetradentate ligand
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In chemistry, tetradentate ligands are ligands that bind four donor atoms to a central atom to form a coordination complex. This number of donor atoms that bind is called denticity and is a method of classifying ligands. Tetradentate ligands are common in nature in the form of chlorophyll, which has a core ligand called chlorin, and heme, which has a core ligand called porphyrin. They are responsible for the colour observed in plants and humans. Phthalocyanine is an artificial macrocyclic tetrad
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Ligand which binds 4 donor atoms in a coordination complex
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetradentate_ligand
date created:
2017-01-20T00:07:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T07:47:01Z
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