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Chelate or ambidentate?

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Item
    Uses two donor atoms at the same time
    Category
    Chelate
  2. Item
    Forms unusually stable complexes
    Category
    Chelate
  3. Item
    EDTA⁴⁻ binding a metal ion
    Category
    Chelate
  4. Item
    Has two different donor atoms, uses one
    Category
    Ambidentate
  5. Item
    NO₂⁻
    Category
    Ambidentate
  6. Item
    SCN⁻
    Category
    Ambidentate
Categories
  1. Item
    Chelate
  2. Item
    Ambidentate

Explanation

Both involve more than one candidate donor atom, but a chelate uses them together while an ambidentate ligand picks one. Source: syllabus Chemistry Part I, Ch 5 Coordination Compounds.
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