bidentate

adjective

bi·​den·​tate

(ˌ)bī-ˈden-ˌtāt

1

: having two teeth or two processes suggestive of teeth

2

chemistry : attached to the central atom in a coordination complex by two bonds

—used of ligands and chelating groups

Space A is a grid containing all the catalyst structures—e.g., if the catalyst in question is a bidentate transition-metal complex, Space A will contain all of the combinations of transition-metal atoms and bidentate ligands, with each point representing a different catalyst.

—Ana G. Maldonado et al., Chemical Engineering Progress, June 2009

compare monodentate, polydentate, tridentate

Word History

Etymology

from (assumed) New Latin bidentatus, from New Latin bi- entry 1 + -dentatus -dentate

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