Examples of bidentate in the following topics:
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- A ligand that binds through two sites is classified as bidentate, and three sites as tridentate.
- A classic bidentate ligand is ethylenediamine, which is derived by the linking of two ammonia groups with an ethylene (-CH2CH2-) linker.
- For example, trans-spanning ligands are bidentate ligands that can span coordination positions on opposite sides of a coordination complex.
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- In (1), the bidentate ligand ethylenediamine forms a chelate complex with the copper ion.
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- The symbol Λ (lambda) is used as a prefix to describe the left-handed propeller twist formed by three bidentate ligands.
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- The most effective siderophores are those that have three bidentate ligands per molecule, forming a hexadentate complex and causing a smaller entropic change than that caused by chelating a single ferric ion with separate ligands.