Boron hydrides are widely recognised to form boron cage compounds called boranes. These boranes are highly complexed, chelated compounds. The boron is so actively caged that it is not available for plant to absorb and translocate.

What does it mean when something is chelated?

The word, chelate (pronounced: key late) means to create a ring-like complex, or in loose terms 'to grab and bond to'. Most clelated formulas use protein molecules, i.e. chains of amino acids.

What does chelated mean in chemistry?

Key Points. Chelation is the formation or presence of two or more separate coordinate bonds between a polydentate (multiple bonded) ligand and a single central atom.