Ligand of HN(CH2CH2NH2)2
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Sean Sugai 4E
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Ligand of HN(CH2CH2NH2)2
How is HN(CH2CH2NH2)2 tridentate? Is there anyway to think about this without drawing the Lewis structure?
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Izzie Capra 2E
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Re: Ligand of HN(CH2CH2NH2)2
Yes, it is possible to do this without drawing the Lewis structure. Since you have NH outside the parenthesis, you know you already have one Nitrogen atom with a lone pair. And then, since you have 2 (CH2CH2NH2), you also now have two more Nitrogen atoms with lone pairs. You now have a total of 3 Nitrogens with lone pairs, so it is tridentate.
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