Sort ligands by their denticity
Exercise and reference answers
- Items
- Group
- Unidentate
- Item
- Chloride ion
- Group
- Didentate
- Item
- Oxalate
- Group
- Unidentate
- Item
- Water
- Group
- Ambidentate
- Item
- Nitrite ion
- Group
- Didentate
- Item
- Ethane-1,2-diamine
- Group
- Unidentate
- Item
- Ammonia
- Group
- Ambidentate
- Item
- Thiocyanate ion
- Groups
- Item
- Unidentate
- Item
- Didentate
- Item
- Ambidentate
- Instructions
- Drag each ligand chip into the group that matches how it binds the metal.
Explanation
_Source: syllabus Chemistry Part 1, Ch 5 Coordination Compounds_