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heteroleptic

heteroleptic adjective: describing a coordination compound having two or more different types of ligand.

Adjective

heteroleptic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a coordination compound having two or more different types of ligand

Origin of heteroleptic

From hetero- + -leptic.

Questions about heteroleptic

What does heteroleptic mean?
Heteroleptic means describing a coordination compound having two or more different types of ligand.
What part of speech is heteroleptic?
Heteroleptic is an adjective.

Words near heteroleptic in the dictionary

  1. heteroland
  2. heterolateral
  3. heterolayer
  4. heterolayers
  5. heterolecithal
  6. heteroleptic
  7. heteroligand
  8. heteroligands
  9. heteroligated
  10. heteroligation
  11. heteroligomer

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