MHT CET 2024 Chemistry question

Which from following complexes is having amidentate ligand in it?

(A)triamminetrinitrocobalt (III)Correct
(B)Pentacarbonyliron(0)
(C)Tetraaminecopper (II) ion
(D)Trioxalatocobaltate (III) ion

Answer: (A)

Solution

The question refers to an ambidentate ligand: one that has two different donor atoms but binds through only one at a time. Nitro/nitrito () can bind through N (nitro, ) or through O (nitrito, ), so it is ambidentate;

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Question ID VK-099823