Is Acetylacetone Bidentate Ligand?

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Yes, acetylacetone is a bidentate ligand.
Formula: ${CH}_{3} {COCH}_{2} {COCH}_{3}$ .
In its formula, it contains two $O$ atoms.
Oxygen is an electron donor as each oxygen atom contains two lone pairs.
So, both the oxygen atoms, donate lone pairs to the central metal atom which considered the acetylacetone as a bidentate ligand.

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