Ligands and their Classification

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Ligands and their Classification: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Ligands, Types of Ligands, Hexadentate Ligands & Flexidentate Ligands etc.

Important Questions on Ligands and their Classification

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Among the properties (a) reducing (b) oxidising (c) complexing, the set of properties shown by   CN ion towards metal species is

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Ethane-1,2-diamine is a symmetrical bidentate ligand.

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Oxalate ion is a _____ ligand.

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Identify a symmetrical bidentate ligand.

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Define symmetrical bidentate ligands.

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Write an example for tetradentate ligand.

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Write an example for symmetrical bidentate ligands.

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Dienthylene triamine is tetradentate ligand.

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The ligands having four donor atoms are called _____ ligands.

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Triethylene tetraamine is a 

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Give any one example of Tetradentate ligands.

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Define tetradentate ligand.

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Which of the following is not an anionic ligand?

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Which of the following is not a neutral ligand?

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Which of the following is an example of pentadentate ligand?

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The donor sites of EDTA4- are

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Ethylene diamine is an example of a              ligand:

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MH2O4+2+4CH3NH2K1A; G10

MH2O4+2+2H2NCH2CH2NH2K2B; G20

In the above reaction

(a) G20 is more negative than G10.

(b) Complex A is optically inactive.

(c) Entropy change is higher for the reaction of formation of complex B.

(d) Formation constant K2 is greater than formation constant K1.

Choose the correct option.

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Ammonia forms the complex CuNH342+ with copper ions in alkaline solutions, but not in acidic solutions. Why?

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Which of the following complexes is the most stable?