Ligand Bonding
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Kyle Harvey 4F
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Ligand Bonding
Can Ligands bond at more than one site if they have more than one pair of electrons to bond?
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Rhea Shah 2F
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Re: Ligand Bonding
Yes, ligands must have one or more lone pairs, and will bind at more than one site of multiple lone pairs are available.
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Ryan Yee 1J
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Re: Ligand Bonding
Ligands can bind at more than one site if they have more than one pair of electrons to bond, but only if the lone pair is on a separate atom. Water is monodentate despite having two sets of lone pairs. It cannot take two binding positions of a transition metal.
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