Question

Coordination compounds are those compounds which retain their identity even in solution and it is essential for all living matter.

1. Name a coordination compound containing Magnesium, which is essential for plants.

2. When we coordinate EDTA with any metal, we get a ring structure. What is this process called?

3. Explain.

Answer 1

1. Chlorophyll. 

2. Chelation. 

3. When a poly dentate ligand is coordinated to the metal, a ring structure is obtained, called chelate complex. Such complexes are more stable than similar complexes containing unidentate ligands.