"octadentate" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2014 August 25, Dmitry V Kondratuk et al., “Vernier-Templated Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Supramolecular Chemistry of a 12-Porphyrin Nanoring”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany), volume 20, →DOI",
          "text": "Recently, the invention of synthetic routes to very large π-conjugated macrocycles has sparked a renaissance in this field, driven by the quest to understand energy transfer, charge delocalization, and nonlinear optical phenomena in these nanostructures.[ 2 – 15 ] Template-directed synthesis makes it possible to create large, fully π-conjugated macrocycles in a size-range that could not have been reached without programmed self-assembly.[ 7, 9, 10 ] The classical template effect translates information from the size and shape of a template to direct the construction of a complementary macrocycle.[ 16 ] We have used this approach to prepare nanorings consisting of 6 and 8 porphyrin units, using hexadentate and octadentate templates.[ 9a – c ] This classical approach is not convenient for the synthesis of larger nanorings because of the inaccessibility of suitable templates.",
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        "Of a ligand, capable of forming eight separate chemical bonds to a coordinating metal ion"
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        "(chemistry) Of a ligand, capable of forming eight separate chemical bonds to a coordinating metal ion"
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