Polydentate ligand with structures

Polydentate Ligands

-------- Bidentate Ligands ---------
Sulphate (SO42-)
Carbonate (CO32-)
Oxalate (C2O42-)
Salicylate (SaC-)
dipyridine (dipy) (C5H6NC5H6N)
ethylene diamine (en) (C2N2H8)
glycinate (gly) C2NH4O2-
dimethylglyoximate (dmg) ((CH3)2C2N2OHO-)
acetylacetonate (ac ac-) (CH3COCHCCH3O-)
benzylacetonate (baC-) C6H5COCHCCH3O-
------- Tridentate Ligands ---------
diethylenetriamine (dien) ((CH2)4(NH2)3)
imidodiacetate (imda2-) (-OOCCH2NHCH2COO-)
------- Tetradentate Ligand ---------
Nitrilotriacetate (NTA-) N(CH2COO-)3
Porphyrin ((CH)12C8(NH)2N2)
------- Fivedentate Ligand ---------
ethylenediaminetriacetate ((CH2)2N(CH2COO-)2NH(CH2COO-)
------- Hexadentate Ligand ---------
ethylenediaminetetraacetate (edta4-) ((CH2)2N2(CH2COO-)4)

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