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Find the number of ligand(s) which is/are non-classical ligand.
CO,NO,C2H4,C3H5, H

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The number of ligand(s) which is/are non-classical ligand is 4. These include CO, NO, C2H4, C3H5.
They are pi bonding ligands.
They form complexes only with transition metals by simultaneous donor and acceptor interaction between occupied and free orbitals of the pi ligand and the d orbitals of the metal.

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