Ligands and nomenclature 8.5 Representative ligands Chelate Bite angel Six-membered rings may be favoured sterically or by electron delocalization through their pi-orbitals Monodentate, bidentate, tridentate…. Ambidentate; Thiocyanate ion (NCS - ) – isothiocyanato complex (attach via N atom), thiocyanato complexes (attach via S atom). Nitrite ion (NO 2 - ) – nitro, nitrito