Bonding site

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Tianna Nguyen 1I
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Bonding site

Postby Tianna Nguyen 1I » Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:42 am

How can we tell how many sites ligands bind at?
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Ashley M 2E
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Re: Bonding site

Postby Ashley M 2E » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:36 am

Draw the lewis structure and determine how many lone pairs are in the ligand. If two separate atoms within the ligand have electron pairs that they can donate, there must be two spacers in between for them to bind to the same transition metal.
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