CHEMISTRY CPP : Coordination Compounds..

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Different type of ligand ( based on denticity i.e. number of doner atom per ligand )
 : , N
(a) Monodentate : F–, Cl–, Bl–, H O  H , CN– , NO – , OH–, CO, NO, C H N (py : Pyridine) etc.
2 3 2 5 5

(b) Didentate (Bidentate) : Some most common bidentate ligands are

H 2C CH 2
(i) NH2 NH2 ethylene diamine (en)

H3C CH CH2
(ii) a) NH2 propylene diamine (pn) (1, 2 propane di amine)
NH2
H2C CH2 CH2
b) NH2 NH2 tri methylene diamine (tn)

H3C CH CH CH3
c) NH2 NH2 butylene diamine (bn)

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O C O
(iii) - OR C2O42– Oxalate Ion(ox)
O C O
-
O C O
(iv) CO32– OR - Carbonate Ion
O

(v) SO42– Sulphate :(it can behave a monodentate also : Flexidentate)

(vi) 2, 2 bipyridyl (bipy)

(vii) O - phenon-thra-line (o-phen)

(viii) H2N – CH2COO– glycinate ion (gly)

(ix) acetyl-aceto-nate ion (acac)

Note: Formation of acac

O -
O O
O O OH O O
H3C C-
H3C C CH3 H3C C CH2 C CH3 H3C C CH C CH3 H3C C CH C CH3
Acetone Acetyl Group
Acetyl Acetone Enol form Acetyl Acetonoate (ion) (acac)(acac)
(acac)

(x) CH3 – C = N – O– dimethyl glyoximate ion (dmg) : ( both donor atoms – N)

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CH3 – C = N – OH
Note:-
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HC O H C N OH H3C C N OH H3C C N O

HC O H C N OH H3C C N OH H3C C N OH

Glyoxal Glyoxime Di Methyl Glyoxime Di Methyl Glyoximate (DMG)

(dmgH 2) (dmgH)

(c) TRIDENTATE/TERDENTATE LIGAND:

(i) H 2N C H 2 CH2 NH CH2 CH2 N H 2 Diethylene Triamine (Dien)
[N-(2-aminoethyl)-1, 2-ethanediamine]

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O O -
(ii) - imino di accetate ( Imda )
O C CH2 NH CH2 C O

(d) TETRADENTATE LIGAND :

(i) H2N CH2 CH2 NH CH2 CH2 NH CH2 CH2 NH2 Triethylene Tetraamine (trien)
[N, N+-bis-(2 aminoethyl)-1, 2-ethanediamine]

O O
- -
O C CH2 N CH2 C O
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(ii) H2C C O nitrito tri accetate (NTA
A-3)
O
(e) PENTADENTATE LIGAND/CHELATION
(i) H 2N CH 2 CH 2 NH CH 2 CH 2 NH CH 2 CH 2 NH CH 2 CH 2 NH 2 tetraethylene pentaamine

(ii) Ethelene diamine triacetate ion.

(f) HEXADENTATE LIGAND

EDTA is the most common hexadentate ligand and it is derived from ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid

This acid is directly not soluble in water but its Na salt is soluble.
? Acid is not the ligand but its tetra anion is a ligand and its usual denticity is 6 but it is
sometimes also found to behave as tetradentate ligand and hence is a flexidentate ligand.

Note:
(1) FLEXIDENTATE LIGAND
A polydentate ligand which is found to have different denticity in different coordination compounds is
called a flexidentate ligand. Note that in a particular complex denticity of a parcular ligand is fixed, it
can not be flexible in the same compound.
For ex. (i) EDTA can act as hexa as well as tetra dentate ligand
(ii) SO42–, sulphate ion can also be mono or bi dentate ligand.

(2) AMBIDENTATE LIGAND

Have more than one doner atom.

N  O 
For ex Ÿ NO2– : p (Nitro), O  N  (Nitrite)
O
O
 m 
CN– :  (Cynide),
C { N  (IsoCynide)
C N
 
CNO– :  (Cynate)
 C { N
O O C N (Iso Cynate).
 
SCN¯ : S C { N (Thio Cynate) S C N (Iso Thio Cynate)

Naming of Ligands: The names of ligands are written according to the charge (+ , – or nuetral) on them.
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