Assertion :N(CH2CH2NH2)3 and EDTA are examples of polydentate ligands. Reason: The ligand which can ligate through two different atoms is called polydentate ligand.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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D
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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Solution
The correct option is C Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
The ligand which can ligate through two different atoms is called ambidentate ligand. In polydentate ligands several donor atoms are present in single ligand and complex is formed by attachment of two or more donor atoms of the same ligand molecule. N(CH2CH2NH2)3 has 4 donor atoms. EDTA has 6 donor atoms. Hence both are polydentate ligands.