the production of thymoquinone from thymol and carvacrol
the production of thymoquinone from thymol and carvacrol
the production of thymoquinone from thymol and carvacrol
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it surrounds <strong>the</strong> metal, forms very stable complex ions (Arends et al. 2001) as seen in<br />
Figure 3.4.<br />
Any ion or molecule with a pair <strong>of</strong> nonbonding electrons can be a lig<strong>and</strong>. Many<br />
lig<strong>and</strong>s are described as monodentate (literally, "one-too<strong>the</strong>d") because <strong>the</strong>y "bite" <strong>the</strong><br />
metal in only one place. Typical monodentate lig<strong>and</strong>s are given in <strong>the</strong> figure below<br />
(Figgis 1966, Keim et al. 2002).<br />
Figure 3.2. Typical monodentate lig<strong>and</strong>s.<br />
(Source: Keim et al. 2002)<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r lig<strong>and</strong>s can attach to <strong>the</strong> metal more than one place. Ethylenediamine (en)<br />
is a typical bidentate lig<strong>and</strong>.<br />
Figure 3.3. Bidentate lig<strong>and</strong>, ethylenediamine.<br />
(Source: Keim et al. 2002)<br />
Each end <strong>of</strong> this molecule contains a pair <strong>of</strong> nonbonding electrons that can form<br />
a covalent bond to a metal ion. Ethylenediamine is also an example <strong>of</strong> a chelating<br />
lig<strong>and</strong>. The term chelate comes <strong>from</strong> a Greek stem meaning "claw." It is used to<br />
describe lig<strong>and</strong>s that can grab <strong>the</strong> metal in two or more places, <strong>the</strong> way a claw would.<br />
Linking ethylene- diamine fragments gives tridentate lig<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> tetradentate lig<strong>and</strong>s,<br />
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