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Ligand vs Dithiolene - What's the difference?

ligand | dithiolene |

As nouns the difference between ligand and dithiolene

is that ligand is ligand while dithiolene is (organic chemistry) any of a class of unsaturated, bivalent ligands bonded to a metal atom through two sulfur atoms; the complex so formed.

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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    dithiolene

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia dithiolene) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a class of unsaturated, bivalent ligands bonded to a metal atom through two sulfur atoms; the complex so formed