(CO3) 2-

[Victoria Dao 3G]

Why is (CO3)-2 considered monodentate/bidentate? I wasn't sure how to determine this based off of the lewis structure.

[Hazelle Gunawan 3G]

I was also confused on this, and would be interested in seeing any answers anyone else had!

[Arya Adibi 1K]

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

[Erika Sosa-Cruz 1J]

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.

[Norah Gidanian 3D]

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.

[Sydney Jensen 3L]

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.