Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 29 compound words that contain ligand. The most common are listed below. Open ligand in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- ligand field theorya theory, a combination of the earlier crystal field theory with molecular orbital theory, that describes the structure of coordination compounds
- bridging ligandA ligand which is bound to more than one metal centre.
- bidentate ligandA Lewis base that can donate two pairs of electrons to a central metal atom.
- monodentate ligandA ligand that can only bind to a central metal atom through a single donor atom.
- multidentate ligandA ligand that can form a coordinate bond with a metal ion by donating two or more pairs of electrons.
- backbonding ligandA ligand that has two or more bonds to the same metal centre.
Compound words 29
- bisligandAny bidentate ligand
- counterligandA ligand that occupies the normal place of another
- homoligandAny of a group of identical ligands in a complex
- proligandAny compound that is transformed into a ligand
- biligandA bivalent ligand
- coligandEither of two or more different ligands in a compound
- glycoligandAny ligand formed from a sugar moiety
- heteroligandAny of two or more different ligands surrounding the same metal atom (or two or more atoms in a heterobinuclear compound)
- immunoligandAn immunologic ligand, and more specifically, not only an epitope or antigen or receptor or other binding site of the immune system but also a molecule whose binding or bonding to another (such as an antibody or receptor) is of interest …
- interligandBetween ligands