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All the following are ambidentate ligands except

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a

ONO-

b

SCN-

c

C2O4-2

d

CN-

answer is C.

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A) NO2-, ONO-; B) CN-, NC- ; C) SCN-, NCS- ; These are ambidentate ligands; But oxalato is not a ambidentate ligand; A ligand which contains two donar atoms but at a time only one atom donates is an ambidentate ligand; In oxalato, both oxygen atoms can donate simultaneously;
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All the following are ambidentate ligands except