Ethylenediamine is an example of a __ ligand. a) tridentate b hexadentate c) bid

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Ethylenediamine is an example of a __ ligand. a) tridentate b hexadentate c) bidentate d) pentadentate e) hydrocarbon EDTA is an example of a ___ ligand. tridentate b) hexadentate c) tetradentate d) pentadentate e) hydrocarbon The interaction of a metal ion with a ligand having multiple atoms able to from coordinate covalent bonds is called ____ a) coordinating. b) clawing. c) precipitation. d) chelation. e) neutralization. When the five 3d orbits on a metal ion experience an octahedral field in a complex, they split into ____ energy levels. a) two b)three c) four d) five e) six

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14) Ethylenediamine is a bidentate ligand

15) EDTA is a hexadentate ligand

16) Ligands with more than one donor atoms are called polydentate ligands and they form chelates.

17) option a, they split in to two energy levels ( dxy , dyz , dxz will be in lower energy than the dz2 , dx2-y2)

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