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Can you kindly explain fully the hybridization of magnesium disodium edetate complex

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Hello,

Can you kindly explain fully the hybridization of magnesium disodium edetate complex

Solution:

EDTA or ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid binds a total of 6 places (4 oxygens and 2 nitrotigens) to the ion in solution.

EDTA can bind altogether six times, for example, in the equation above with metal (Example $\mathrm{Mg}^{2+}$ ), so it is a very good molecule for displacing other ligands.

In this case, the coordination number of Magnesium will be 6. Hybridization of Magnesium will be $2s^22p^6$ or $sp^3$ ; The nitrogen hybridization will be the same as in ammonia, i.e. $sp^3$ .

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