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Categories: Chelating agents, All articles needing additional references, Ligands, Coordination chemistry, Chemical bonding

ligand ambidentate ligand bidentate ligand bulky ligand complexing agent

A substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom WordNet 3.0

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A substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In coordination chemistry, a ligand is an ion or molecule with a functional group that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex. Wikipedia

An atom, ion, or functional group that donates one or more of its electrons through a coordinate covalent bond to one or more central atoms or ions Wikipedia Disambiguation

Molecule or functional group that binds or can bind to the central atom in a coordination complex Wikidata

An ion, molecule, or functional group that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex. Wiktionary

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