Question

Denticity is the number of ligating groups in a multidentate. State whether the state is true or false.

Answer 1

Denticity is the number of ligating groups in a multidentate. For example, the bidentate ligand ethylene diamine has denticity 2. The tridentate ligand diethylene triamine has denticity 3. The tetradentate ligand triethylene tetramine has denticity 4. The hexadentate ligand EDTA has denticity 6.