CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    An example of ambidentate ligand is

    A)  ammine             

    B)  aquo

    C)  chloro                 

    D)         oxalato

    E)  thiocyanato

    Correct Answer: E

    Solution :

    The ligands which have two or more donor atoms but in forming complexes, only one donor atom is attached to metal ion at a time, known as ambidentate ligands. \[M\xleftarrow[{}]{{}}\underset{Thiocyanato}{\mathop{SCN}}\,\] \[M\xleftarrow[{}]{{}}\underset{Isothiocyanato}{\mathop{NCS}}\,\]


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