(CO3) 2-
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(CO3) 2-
Why is (CO3)-2 considered monodentate/bidentate? I wasn't sure how to determine this based off of the lewis structure.
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I was also confused on this, and would be interested in seeing any answers anyone else had!
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If you look at the lewis structure, there are two possibilities of how many sites the ligand can bind at:
1. The two single bonded oxygens can bind to an atom (bidentate)
2. The double bounded oxygen can bind to an atom (monodentate
1. The two single bonded oxygens can bind to an atom (bidentate)
2. The double bounded oxygen can bind to an atom (monodentate
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Arya Adibi 1L wrote:If you look at the lewis structure, there are two possibilities of how many sites the ligand can bind at:
1. The two single bonded oxygens can bind to an atom (bidentate)
2. The double bounded oxygen can bind to an atom (monodentate
Thank you !! I was have a difficult chance understanding this.
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I was confused about this too but I went to a TA and they said that trigonal planar species can be either monodentate or bidentate. I was confused because in class dr. Lavelle did an example of a trigonal planar and said that the other atoms were too far away to bond. Can anyone explain this.
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This is because there are two possibilities in which the oxygens can bind to an atom, whether they ave single bonds or they have double bonds.
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