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What is the role of a ligand in coordination compounds?
What is the role of a ligand in coordination compounds?
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What is the role of a ligand in coordination compounds?
To donate electrons
To stabilize the metal ion
To increase solubility
To act as a catalyst
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A ligand is a molecule or ion that donates electron pairs to a metal ion to form a coordination complex.
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Q: What is the role of a ligand in coordination compounds?
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A ligand is a molecule or ion that donates electron pairs to a metal ion to form a coordination complex.
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Step 1: Understand that a ligand is a molecule or ion.
Step 2: Know that ligands have electron pairs.
Step 3: Learn that ligands donate their electron pairs to a metal ion.
Step 4: Recognize that this donation forms a coordination complex.
Step 5: Remember that coordination compounds consist of a central metal ion surrounded by ligands.
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