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pentacoordinating

pentacoordinating adjective: having five coordinate bonds to a metal ion.

Adjective

pentacoordinating (not comparable)

  1. Having five coordinate bonds to a metal ion
    • 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.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...

Origin of pentacoordinating

From penta- + coordinating.

Questions about pentacoordinating

What does pentacoordinating mean?
Pentacoordinating means having five coordinate bonds to a metal ion.
What part of speech is pentacoordinating?
Pentacoordinating is an adjective.

Words near pentacoordinating in the dictionary

  1. pentacontanes
  2. pentaconter
  3. pentaconters
  4. pentacoordinate
  5. pentacoordinated
  6. pentacoordinating
  7. pentacoordination
  8. pentacopper
  9. pentacosadiene
  10. pentacosadienes
  11. pentacosane

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