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Q. An example of ambidentate ligand is

KEAMKEAM 2010Coordination Compounds

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The ligands which have two or more donor atoms but in forming complexes, only one donor atom is attached to metal ion at a time, known as ambidentate ligands.
$ M\xleftarrow[{}]{{}}\underset{Thiocyanato}{\mathop{SCN}}\, $ $ M\xleftarrow[{}]{{}}\underset{Isothiocyanato}{\mathop{NCS}}\, $