To help remember the dative prepositions, sing them to the first two lines of the Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas. Remember that King Wenceslas first set out on the ‘date’ (= dative ...

The ligands are attached to the central atom by dative bonds, also known as coordinate bonds, in which both electrons in the bond are supplied by the same atom on the ligand. Although complexes ...

showing that it represents a new type of carbon-centered diradical with a single dative bond between the phosphorus and the terminal carbon. This is the first known compound where a carbon center ...