Answer to Question #90799 in Inorganic Chemistry for Aditya Dutta

Question

The ligand N(Ch2Ch2Nh2)3 is ?

1) Bidentate
2) tridentate
3) tetradentate
4) pentadentate

Answer 1

Solution: each nitrogen atom has a lone electron pair, due to which it can form a bond with a ligand. Since there are 4 nitrogen atoms in a molecule, it is tetradentate.

Answer: 3) tetradentate.