I am very confused reading the metal complex Pt(en)Cl2,
What is this en group short for and how does this change our understanding of the coordination number?
Coordination Number of [Pt(en)Cl2]
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Re: Coordination Number of [Pt(en)Cl2]
"en" in Pt(en).. stands for ethylenediamine my TA literally just told us about this and a lot of us were confused but its a bidentate ligands where en molecule can donate two e pairs so it has a higher coord number of 4 instead of 2
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