Table 5.
Complete summary of all reviewed complexes including ligand coordination modes, complex coordination, and complex geometry. This table does not include those complexes reported by Yang et al. Yang supplies a full summary in his initial work [120]. The asterisk (*) denotes a shorthand to define complex geometry as either octahedral (O), distorted octahedral (D.O.), pseudo-octahedral (P.O.), tetrahedral (T), distorted tetrahedral (D.T.), or square planar (S.P.). The pound (#) indicates the coordination number of the described magnesium complex (i.e., the species is six-coordinate).
| Complex | Ligand Coordination | Complex Coordination (#) | Geometry * | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Orotic Acid
|
(bis) Monodentate (O) | Outer sphere (6) | D.O. | [84] |
Mandelic Acid
|
(bis) Bidentate (O,O) | Inner sphere (6) | D.O. | [91] |
Anthranilic Acid
|
(bis) Bidentate (O,N) | Outer sphere (6) | D.O. | [89] |
Formic Acid
|
(bis) Monodentate (O) | Inner sphere (6) | O | [98] |
Glycine
|
(mono,bis) Bidentate (O,N) | Inner sphere (6) | O | [82] |
Malic Acid
|
(mono) bidentate (O,O) | Inner sphere (6) | D.O. | [102] |
H-Maleic Acid
|
(bis) monodentate (O) | Outer sphere (6) | O | [103] |
Aspartic Acid
|
(bis) monodentate (O) (mono) bidentate (O,O) (mono) tridentate (N,O,O) |
Inner sphere (6) Inner sphere (6) Inner sphere (6) |
O O O |
[65,109] |
Glutamic Acid
|
(mono) bidentate (O,O) | Inner sphere (6) | O | [65] |
Citric Acid
|
(mono) tridentate (O,O,O) | Inner sphere (6) | O | [90] |