Ligands

[Rebecca Altshuler 1D]

How do we know how many ligands will bind to a particular transition metal?

[Becky Belisle 1A]

I don't think you can know without more information, such as the charge of the transition metal.

[Imelda Mena 3I]

The easiest way to determine how many ligands are bounded to any central atom is by looking at the Lewis structure, I always do this first. Even if the problem does not ask for it. Another helpful thing is that when a chemical formula has a subscript that usually means that it will be directly bounded to the central atom. Hope this helps!

[305127455]

We can know it by looking at the valence shell of the central metal and the total charge of ligands. However, there should be more information most of the time.

[Kirsty Star 2H]

Does the number of ligands bonded to the central determine the shape of the coordination compound?