Ligands are the compounds

which can donate a single electron

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which can donate a lone pair of electron

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both (a) and (b)

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B which can donate a lone pair of electron
Ligands are molecules or ions which are attached to a metal atom by a coordinate bond. Ligands may be neutral or charged.

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