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Consider the coordination compound, Na2[Pt(CN)4]. The lewis base is

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[Pt(CN)4]2
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Na+
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Pt2+
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D
CN
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Solution

The correct option is D CN
In general, ligands will donate the electron to central metal atom in coordination complex and behave as lewis base.
In Na2[Pt(CN)4], the ligand is CN. Hence, CN is lewis base.

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