What are ligands

[Irene Kang 3F]

Are ligands supposed to be anything that is bonded to a transition metal cation?(because he said ligands will not have a positive charge since the transition metal is a cation or has a positive charge)
If there is an atom with a lone pair but it is not bonded to a tm cation, is it not considered a ligand?

[Mark_Botros_1D]

A ligand must be bounded to the central atom or ion in a complex of a d-metal.

[carterwink2K]

Technically, ligands are any ion or neutral molecule that bonds to a central atom and acts as a lewis base—giving electrons to the central atom. So yes, if it is bonded to a central positive atom then it would be considered a ligand. However, if it just has a lone pair and is not bonded to a central atom it would not be considered a ligand at that point. Although under different circumstances it could act as one, it is not in that case.

[Karen Harrison 1L]

Hello!
Ligands have to do with coordination compounds, which are molecules or ions that are bonded to transition metals of the d block (the central atom). And I think ligands are mostly negatively or have a neutrally charged since transition metals tend to have a neutral or positive oxidation state.

[Celine Khuu 2F]

Ligands can either be ions or molecules which are attached to the central atom (which are TM cations as you mentioned!) of the coordination complex. However, I believe that the lone pairs in ligands must be bonded to the central atom, forming a covalent bond, so if the lone pair is not bonded, then it wouldn't be a ligand.

[Sanskriti Balaji 1J]

Hi! Ligands are ions or molecules that are bonded to a metal ion to form a coordinate complex. Based on this definition, if an atom had only a lone pair and was not bonded to a TM cation, then it would not be considered a ligand as it can only be considered a ligand if it were bonded to a metal ion. Hope this helps!

[205705413]

Ligands are lewis bases attached to a central metal atom or ion.

[Samantha Quevedo 2L]

Ligands are any atoms or ions that give an electron to a central atom that is a transition metal.

[Abby Citro 2A]

A ligand is a lewis base that attaches to a central metal atom or ion.

[Jamie Lau 2J]

Hello, ligands are molecules and ion that are attached to a central metal atom. They have to be bonded to the central atom to be called a ligand, so an unbonded lone pair would not be a ligand.

[Samir Panwar]

A ligand is a molecule, usually a Lewis base that is attached to a central metal atom.

[Divya Mehta 2K]

Ligands are ions/molecules attached to the central atom. The lone pairs must be bonded to the central atom, forming a covalent bond.

[505807269]

A ligand is an ion or molecule, which donates a pair of electrons to the central metal atom or ion to form a coordination complex. It is usually a lewis base.