[EDTA]4- is a:

Question

[EDTA]4- is a: (A) monodentate ligand (B) bidentate ligand (C) quadridentate ligand (D) hexadentate ligand

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

Ethylenediamine tetraacetate ion (EDTA)- They have six donor atoms. Polydentate ligands have flexidentate character. It is not necessary that all the donor atoms present in the polydentate ligands should form co-ordinate bonds with central metal atom or ion.

Q. $[E D T A]^{4 -}$ is a:

monodentate ligand

bidentate ligand

quadridentate ligand

hexadentate ligand

Ethylenediamine tetraacetate ion $(E D T A)^{-}$
They have six donor atoms. Polydentate ligands have flexidentate character. It is not necessary that all the donor atoms present in the polydentate ligands should form co-ordinate bonds with central metal atom or ion.

Q. [EDTA]4− is a: