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Ligand Naming for Class 12 Chemistry

This document lists 41 different ligands used in coordination chemistry, along with their denticity (number of donor atoms). It includes common monodentate ligands like water, ammonia, and halides. Multidentate ligands listed include oxalate (bidentate), 1,10-phenanthroline and diethylenetriamine (tridentate), and cyclam (tetradentate). Prefixes used to indicate the number of ligands in complex names are also defined, from mono- to do deca-.

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Ligand Naming for Class 12 Chemistry

This document lists 41 different ligands used in coordination chemistry, along with their denticity (number of donor atoms). It includes common monodentate ligands like water, ammonia, and halides. Multidentate ligands listed include oxalate (bidentate), 1,10-phenanthroline and diethylenetriamine (tridentate), and cyclam (tetradentate). Prefixes used to indicate the number of ligands in complex names are also defined, from mono- to do deca-.

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Ligands - Names S. Santhanam

# Ligand Denticity Name Donar atom (s)


1. H 2O mono aqua O
2. NH3 mono ammine N
3. Br  mono bromido Br
4. Cl  mono chlorido Cl
5. F mono Fluorido F
6. I mono Iodido I
7. OH  mono hydroxo O
8. CN  mono cyano C
9. CO mono carbonyl C
10. H  mono hydrido H
11. NCS  mono isothiocyanato N
12. SCN  mono thiocyanato S
13. NO3 mono/di nitrato N
14. NO2 mono N-nitrito N
15. NO2 mono O-nitrito O
16. Pyridine mono Py N
17. triethyl phosphine mono P  C2 H 5 3 or PEt3 P
18. P  CH 3 3 mono trimethyl phosphine P
19. P  C6 H 5 3 mono triphenyl phosphine P
20. P  C6 H11 3 mono tricyclohexyl phosphine P
 PCy3 
21. O2 mono OXO O
22. S 2 mono sulphido S
23. CO32  mono/di carbonato O
24.
mono tetrahydro furan O
O
25.  Me 2 S  O mono dimethyl sulphoxide O/S
26. Oxalate 2 Oxalato O
27. 2,2’ bipyridine 2 2,2’ bipyridine N
(bPy or bipy)
28. 2 acetyl acetonato (acac) O
–
O O
29. 2 1,10 phenanthroline (phen) N

N N
30. H 2 N  CH 2  COO 2 Glycinato (gly) N,O (one each)
31. 2 bis (diphenyl phosphino) P
Ph2P PPh2 ethane (dppe)
32. 2 bis (diphenyl phosphino) P
Ph2P PPh2 methane (dppm)
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33. H 2 N CH 2 CH 2 NH 2 2 ethylene diamine (en) N
1,2 ethanediamine 1,2 diamino ethane
34. HN  CH 2 CH 2 NH 2  3 diethylene triamine N
2
(1,4,7 triazaheptane)
H2N NH NH2 (dien)
35. triethylene tetramine 4 1,4,7,10 tretraza decane (trien) N

H2N NH NH NH2
36. triamino triethylamine 4 N  CH 2 CH 2 NH 2 3 N (tren)
(tren)
37. tetraaza cyclo tetradecane 4 H H
(cyclam) N N

N
N N
H H
cyclam
38. 5 cyclopentadienyl (Cp) C
–

39. Ethylene diamine tetraacetato 6 edta N, O


(2) (4)
40. 18 crown-6 (crown ether) 6 O O (6)
macrocyclic ligand O O

O O
O

41. tripodal ligand


- has three each of with a donor atom that radiate from a central atom or group that may also be a donor atom

X
X = -N
= -P
PPh2 PPh = -C-CH3
PPh2 2

Example:

N has limited flexibility


N N
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Prefixes used for naming complexes

Prefix meaning
mono- 1
di-, bis- 2
tri-, tris- 3
tetra-, tetrakis 4
penta 5
hexa 6
hepta 7
octa 8
nona 9
deca 10
undeca 11
do deca 12

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