Meanings
adjectivetetracoordinated (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving four coordinate bonds
The X-ray structures showed that the nickel (2) and copper (3) complexes are tetracoordinated, with the metal ion bound to the nitrogen atoms of the ligand.
2015 September 18, “Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt(III), Nickel(II) and Copper(II) Mononuclear Complexes with the Ligand 1,3-bis[(2-aminoethyl)amino]-2-propanol and Their Catalase-Like Activity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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