Example 1 · difficulty 1/5
How is ethane-1,2-diamine, commonly represented as en, classified as a ligand?
- A. Bidentate, because it coordinates through two nitrogen donor atoms
- B. Monodentate, because it forms only one bond in total
- C. Ambidentate, because it can coordinate through either nitrogen or carbon
- D. Hexadentate, because it contains six hydrogen atoms