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Chemistry Question on coordination compounds

EDTA is a hexadentate ligand. Denticity of a ligand is given by number of lone pairs donated to central atom by a ligand.

A

Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

B

Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

C

Assertion is true but Reason is false

D

Both Assertion and Reason are false

Answer

Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

Explanation

Solution

EDTA has six sites to donate electron.