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JEE Main Chemistry · Coordination Compounds

Ambidentate Ligands in Linkage Isomerism

Ambidentate Ligands in Linkage Isomerism (Coordination Compounds) was asked 4 times in 4 JEE Main shifts, 2022–2024, out of the 42 shifts Lumi analysed. 3 of the 4 had a numerical answer.

Times asked
4
in 4 shifts
Years
2022–2024
Usual format
Numerical value
Recall
Pattern
Comes in cycles
repeats across shifts

How it is asked

  • Odd-one-out among ligand sets
  • Count ligands of a type in complex

Difficulty

Easy 3Medium 0Hard 1

Where it sits

Chapter: Coordination Compounds. Topic: Coordination Isomerism, 22 questions over 13 ideas.

Other repeat ideas in this topic

Every time it came

All 4 questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

  1. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q88Number of ambidentate ligands among the following is ________. NO2−,SCN−,C2O42−,NH3,CN−,SO42−,H2O\mathrm{NO_2^-, SCN^-, C_2O_4^{2-}, NH_3, CN^-, SO_4^{2-}, H_2O}.EasyNumerical value
  2. 6 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q88Number of ambidentate ligands in a representative metal complex [ M(en)(SCN)4_4 ] is ________. [en = ethylenediamine]EasyNumerical value
  3. 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q70The set which does not have ambidentate ligand(s) isEasySingle correct
  4. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q89Total number of relatively more stable isomer(s) possible for octahedral complex [Cu(en)2(SCN)2]\mathrm{[Cu(en)_2(SCN)_2]} will be __________.HardNumerical value