Iminodiacetic acid
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 [...]