pentacoordinating

English

Etymology

From penta- +‎ coordinating.

Adjective

pentacoordinating (not comparable)

1. (chemistry, of a ligand) Having five coordinate bonds to a metal ion
   • 2015 April 29, Tanja M Laine et al., “A Dinuclear Ruthenium-Based Water Oxidation Catalyst: Use of Non-Innocent Ligand Frameworks for Promoting Multi-Electron Reactions”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)‎^[1], volume 21, →DOI:

     Introduction of the designed electron-rich pentacoordinating ligand to generate Ru complex 1 significantly lowers the redox potentials for the complex and allows access to a wide variety of redox states.