pentacoordinating

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

penta- +‎ coordinating

Adjective[edit]

pentacoordinating (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry, of a ligand) Having five coordinate bonds to a metal ion
    • 2015 April 29, Tanja M Laine et al., “A Dinuclear Ruthenium-Based Water Oxidation Catalyst: Use of Non-Innocent Ligand Frameworks for Promoting Multi-Electron Reactions”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)[1], volume 21, →DOI:
      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.