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Ligand vs Methylcyclopentadiene - What's the difference?

ligand | methylcyclopentadiene |

As nouns the difference between ligand and methylcyclopentadiene

is that ligand is an ion, molecule, or functional group that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex while methylcyclopentadiene is any of three isomeric cyclic diolefins, (methyl derivatives of cyclopentadiene), the organic precursor to the methylcyclopentadienyl-ligand commonly found 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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    methylcyclopentadiene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia methylcyclopentadiene)
  • (organic compound) Any of three isomeric cyclic diolefins, (methyl derivatives of cyclopentadiene), the organic precursor to the methylcyclopentadienyl-ligand commonly found in organometallic chemistry.