chelate compound
11chelate — 1. To effect chelation. 2. Pertaining to chelation. 3. A complex formed through chelation. * * * che·late kē .lāt adj of, relating to, or having the ring structure typical of a chelate chelate vb, che·lat·ed; che·lat·ing …
12chelate — I. adjective Date: 1826 1. resembling or having chelae 2. [from the pincerlike way in which the metal ion is held] of, relating to, or being a chelate II. verb (chelated; chelating) Date: 1922 transitive verb to combine with (a metal) so as to… …
13chelate — n., adj., & v. n. Chem. a usu. organometallic compound containing a bonded ring of atoms including a metal atom. adj. 1 Chem. of a chelate. 2 Zool. & Anat. of or having chelae. v.intr. Chem. form a chelate. Derivatives: chelation n …
14chelate — [ ki:leɪt] noun Chemistry a compound containing an organic ligand bonded to a central metal atom at two or more points. adjective Zoology (of an appendage) bearing chelae. verb Chemistry form a chelate with. Derivatives chelation noun chelator… …
15heterocyclic compound — noun a compound containing a heterocyclic ring • Syn: ↑heterocyclic, ↑heterocycle • Derivationally related forms: ↑heterocyclic (for: ↑heterocycle) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
16coordination compound — noun a class of compounds in which a central metal atom (normally a transition element) is surrounded by a group of ions or molecules (ligands) Syn: chelate compound, complex compound, complex ion, coordinated complex, metal complex, Werner… …
17coordination compound — Chem. complex (def. 10). Also called coordination complex. * * * ▪ chemistry Introduction any of a class of substances with chemical structures in which a central metal atom is surrounded by nonmetal atoms or groups of atoms, called ligands… …
18heterocyclic compound — Any of a class of organic compounds whose molecules contain one or more rings of atoms with at least one atom (the heteroatom) being an element other than carbon, most frequently oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur. As in regular cyclic hydrocarbons,… …
19Clathrate compound — Examples of host molecules. A clathrate, clathrate compound or cage compound is a chemical substance consisting of a lattice of one type of molecule trapping and containing a second type of molecule. The name clathrate complex used to refer only… …
20heterocycle — noun 1. a compound containing a heterocyclic ring • Syn: ↑heterocyclic compound, ↑heterocyclic • Derivationally related forms: ↑heterocyclic • Hypernyms: ↑compound, ↑chemical compound …
