Typical examples are oxalate and ethylenediamine as bidentate ligands, citrate as a tridentate ligand, and ethylenediamine tetraacetate (EDTA) as a hexadentate ligand.

• 典型的例子是草酸和乙二胺为双齿配体，柠檬酸作为一个三齿配体，和乙二胺四乙酸（EDTA）作为六齿配体。