Coordination Chemistry

  1. Ligands
    1. Classification by Denticity
      1. Monodentate Ligands
        1. Common Examples
          1. Binding Modes
          2. Bidentate Ligands
            1. Chelate Ring Formation
              1. Common Examples
              2. Polydentate Ligands
                1. Tridentate Ligands
                  1. Tetradentate Ligands
                    1. Hexadentate Ligands
                      1. Macrocyclic Ligands
                      2. Ambidentate Ligands
                        1. Linkage Isomerism
                        2. Bridging Ligands
                          1. Notation
                            1. Common Examples
                          2. Common Ligand Types
                            1. Halide Ligands
                              1. Fluoride
                                1. Chloride
                                  1. Bromide
                                    1. Iodide
                                    2. Neutral Ligands
                                      1. Water
                                        1. Ammonia
                                          1. Carbon Monoxide
                                            1. Phosphines
                                            2. Anionic Ligands
                                              1. Hydroxide
                                                1. Oxide
                                                  1. Cyanide
                                                    1. Nitrite
                                                      1. Thiocyanate
                                                      2. Chelating Ligands
                                                        1. Ethylenediamine
                                                          1. Bipyridine
                                                            1. Phenanthroline
                                                              1. Acetylacetonate
                                                                1. EDTA
                                                              2. Spectrochemical Series
                                                                1. Order of Common Ligands
                                                                  1. Field Strength Effects
                                                                  2. Hard and Soft Acid-Base Theory
                                                                    1. Hard Acids
                                                                      1. Soft Acids
                                                                        1. Hard Bases
                                                                          1. Soft Bases
                                                                            1. Stability Predictions

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                                                                          3. Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds