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Ligand vs Cyclooctadiene - What's the difference?

ligand | cyclooctadiene |

As nouns the difference between ligand and cyclooctadiene

is that ligand is (chemistry) an ion, molecule, or functional group that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex while cyclooctadiene is (organic compound) any of several isomers of a cycloalkene having an eight-membered ring and two double bonds, but especially 1,5-cyclooctadiene that is used as a ligand in organometallic chemistry.

ligand

English

(wikipedia ligand)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) An ion, molecule, or functional group that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex.

    • Derived terms

    * monodentate ligand * bidentate ligand * multidentate ligand * bridging ligand * backbonding ligand * ligand field theory

    See also

    * coordination compound

    Anagrams

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    cyclooctadiene

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cyclooctadiene) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of several isomers of a cycloalkene having an eight-membered ring and two double bonds, but especially 1,5-cyclooctadiene that is used as a ligand in organometallic chemistry