JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryCoordination CompoundsJEE Main

The presence of Ag ion increases the solubility of alkenes due to the formation of [Kerala CEE 2004]

Answer: (C)

Solution

Ag forms a -complex with the alkene: the filled alkene -orbital donates electron density into an empty Ag orbital (-type donation), while a filled Ag orbital back-donates

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