What type of ligand is the oxalate ion?

What type of ligand is the oxalate ion?
  1. Monodentate
  2. Bidentate
  3. Ambidentate
  4. Hexadentate

Solution

Oxalate ion is a bidentate ligand as it has two negatively charged oxygen as donor atoms.

Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (11 May Shift 2)

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