Explain ambidentate ligands with examples?

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Ambidentate ligands:
These type of ligands have two or more donor atoms out of which, only one donor atom is attached to metal in the complex.
$N O_{2}^{-}$ group has two donor atoms N and O out of which, only one donor atom is attached to metal in the complex such as $M - N O_{2}$ or $M - O N O$ .
$S C N^{-}$ group has two donor atoms N and S out of which, only one donor atom is attached to metal in the complex such as $M - S C N$ or $M - N C S$ .
$C N^{-}$ group has two donor atoms N and C out of which, only one donor atom is attached to metal in the complex such as $M - C N$ or $M - N C$ .

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