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Nature Chemistry (17 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/nchem.76

Bidentate ligands: Ringing the changes

Stephen Davey

Bidentate ligands are ubiquitous in organometallic chemistry. They are popular because when coordinated to a metal a fairly rigid structure is generated, and it is thus easier to understand how small changes in ligand structure affect reactivity.