Iminodiacetic acid

January 1st, 2009 by

IDA, iminodiacetic acid

a metal complex with the iminodiacetate anion
Iminodiacetic acid, HN(CH2CO2H)2, often abbreviated to IDA, is an polyamino carboxylic acid. The iminodiacetate anion can act as a tridentate ligand to form a metal complex with two, fused, five membered chelate rings. The proton on the nitrogen atom can be replaced by a carbon atom of [...]

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