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pentacoordinating en · ADJ

Etymology

From penta- + coordinating.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a ligand) 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 Der Bergstrasse, Germany), volume 21, →DOI: