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Why have citric acid only a denticity of 3 and tartaric acid of only 2?

Why can't the hydroxyl-groups in citric acid (denticity 3) or in tartaric acid (denticity 2) contribute to the denticity, as there are doing it in aminoethylethanolamine (denticity 3) Why do the ...
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Which group is more suitable for metal nanoparticles functionalization? [closed]

I have synthesized bimetallic nanoparticles (gold core with a silver shell). I have two choices for functionalizing them, through thiol group or amine group. Which of them is more attracted to this ...
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Precise explanation of macrocyclic effect

In most of the books, the reason of macrocyclic effect is given that It occurs due to preorganised structure of macro-cyclic ligand.  But a proper explanation of these two particular examples isn't ...
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How can I determine the structure of complexes with ethylenediamine as a ligand?

I am a bit confused about how to solve this problem. I can interpret coordination complexes like $\ce{[CoCl6]^4-}$ but I just came across a coordination complex that I am unsure of how to solve. ...
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Usage of ammine vs amine in nomenclature

In the nomenclature of complex salts we use ammine for NH3 instead of amine. I thought this was to differentiate between ammine ligand and amine in organic ligand (like en). However, Wikipedia ...
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