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  4. Assertion: N(CH2CH2NH2)3 and EDTA are examples of polydentate ligands. Reason: Ligands which can ligate through two different atoms is called polydentate ligand.

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Q. Assertion : $N(CH_{2}CH_{2}NH_{2})_{3}$ and $EDTA$ are examples of polydentate ligands.
Reason : Ligands which can ligate through two different atoms is called polydentate ligand.

Coordination Compounds

Solution:

Ligands which can ligate through two different atoms is called ambidentate ligand.
In polydentate ligands several donor atoms are present in single ligand.