Ligand bonding 9C.5
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Ligand bonding 9C.5
What is needed for a ligand to bond? When trying to solve 9C.5, I keep getting stuck not knowing what I should be looking for to see if the ligand is polydentate.
Re: Ligand bonding 9C.5
It must be acting as a lewis base meaning that it can donate a pair of nonbonding electrons
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Re: Ligand bonding 9C.5
A ligand essentially needs to have electron base pairs to donate in order to bind with a central atom, thus creating a coordination complex. To determine if a ligand is polydentate, which is a ligand capable of attaching itself to multiple (more than 2) bonding sites, you must look for multiple donor atoms in the ligand. I hope this helps!
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Re: Ligand bonding 9C.5
405490807 wrote:It must be acting as a lewis base meaning that it can donate a pair of nonbonding electrons
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Re: Ligand bonding 9C.5
MattDixon3A wrote:A ligand essentially needs to have electron base pairs to donate in order to bind with a central atom, thus creating a coordination complex. To determine if a ligand is polydentate, which is a ligand capable of attaching itself to multiple (more than 2) bonding sites, you must look for multiple donor atoms in the ligand. I hope this helps!
Thank you so much!
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Re: Ligand bonding 9C.5
The ligand must have a pair of nonbonding electrons to donate, meaning it acts as a lewis base.
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Re: Ligand bonding 9C.5
Gavin Trent 2F wrote:The ligand must have a pair of nonbonding electrons to donate, meaning it acts as a lewis base.
Thank you!
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