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Question: Ethylene diamine is an example of a .......... ligand :...

Ethylene diamine is an example of a .......... ligand :

A

Monodentate

B

Bidentate

C

Tridentate

D

Hexadentate

Answer

Bidentate

Explanation

Solution

N∙∙H2−CH2−CH2−NH2\overset{\bullet \bullet}{N}H_{2} - CH_{2} - CH_{2} - NH_{2}. It contains two donor atoms i.e. nitrogen. So it is a bidentate ligand