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  4. Assertion: EDTA is a hexadentate ligand. Reason: Denticity of a ligand is given by number of lone pairs donated to central atom by a ligand.

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Q. Assertion : EDTA is a hexadentate ligand.
Reason : Denticity of a ligand is given by number of lone pairs donated to central atom by a ligand.

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Solution:

EDTA has six sites to donate electron.
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