monodentate
adjective
mono·den·tate
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Definition of monodentate
chemistry
: attached to the central atom in a coordination complex by one bond
—used of ligands and chelating groups
Upon inhibitor binding, this water is replaced with the zinc-binding group of the inhibitor in either a bidentate or a monodentate manner.— Sandor Cseh et al., Drugs, May 2010
— compare bidentate, polydentate, tridentate
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