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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Coordination Compounds

The set with only ambidentate ligands in the following is

  1. A \(\mathrm{NO}_3{ }^{\ominus}, \mathrm{Br}^{\ominus}, \mathrm{C}_2 \mathrm{O}_4^{2 \ominus}\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{NO}_2^{\ominus}, \mathrm{CN}^{\ominus}, \mathrm{SCN}^{\ominus}\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{NO}_2^{\ominus}, \mathrm{C}_2 \mathrm{O}_4^{2 \ominus}, \mathrm{NH}_3\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{SCN}^{\ominus}, \mathrm{CO}, \mathrm{NH}_3\)
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(B) \(\mathrm{NO}_2^{\ominus}, \mathrm{CN}^{\ominus}, \mathrm{SCN}^{\ominus}\)

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The ligands containing two donor sites but use only one at a time are known as ambidentate ligand