CO3 as a monodentate or bidentate molecule  [ENDORSED]

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CO3 as a monodentate or bidentate molecule

Postby Shania Garrison Discussion 3E » Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:45 pm

Why is it that CO3 with a charge of 2- can be either monodentate or bidentate? I thought you needed a lone pair, spacer, spacer, lone pair set up. In this case too, why couldn't it be tridentate as well then?
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Re: CO3 as a monodentate or bidentate molecule  [ENDORSED]

Postby Chem_Mod » Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:17 pm

I answered this over Thanksgiving, see:

viewtopic.php?f=46&t=85518&p=381525&sid=5f9d1187328f620807c08da247cb511b#p381525
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