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scorpionate

Today it means: Being tridentate, so as to bind to a metal in a fac manner (or facial; said of an isomer when three of its ligands, when identical, occupy one face of an octahedron). Full definition →

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scorpionate · adjective¹

From scorpion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), from the pincer-like nature of the binding.

scorpionate · noun²

From a substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to scorpion + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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