The following ligand is:

The following ligand is:
  1. tridentate
  2. hex dentate
  3. bidentate
  4. tetradentate

Solution

The number of lone pairs that can be used by ligands is a measure of its denticity. In the given compound, both oxygen atoms and both nitrogen atoms are used as ligands and have lone pairs. Hence denticity is tetradentate.

Asked in: JEE Main 2019 (08 Apr Shift 1)

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