Assertion :Ammonia acts as a ligand. Reason: A lone pair of electrons on nitrogen can be donated to acceptor.

Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion

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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect

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Solution

The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
Structure of Ammonia as shown in the above image.
Due to the presence of a lone pair of electrons on Nitrogen, $N H_{3}$ can acts as a donor and hence Ammonia is a ligand.

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Assertion :Ammonia acts as a ligand. Reason: A lone pair of electrons on nitrogen can be donated to acceptor.

The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for AssertionStructure of Ammonia as shown in the above image.Due to the presence of a lone pair of electrons on Nitrogen, NH3 can acts as a donor and hence Ammonia is a ligand.

The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
Structure of Ammonia as shown in the above image.
Due to the presence of a lone pair of electrons on Nitrogen, $N H_{3}$ can acts as a donor and hence Ammonia is a ligand.