monodentate
adjective
mono·den·tate
ˌmä-nō-ˈden-ˌtāt 
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
Sandor Cseh et al., Drugs, May 2010Dictionary Entries Near monodentate
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