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- adjective chemistry Describing a
ligand that has only a singlebond with the central atom
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Examples
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In the new catalysts, an enantiomerically pure, monodentate aryloxide ligand is linked to a stereogenic molybdenum center.
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Adsorption of Cu on kaolinite could be described using a simple 1-site DLM with formation of a monodentate Cu complex on a variable charge surface site.
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