Explain the following terms giving a suitable example in each case: (i) Ambidentate ligand (ii) Denticity of a ligand (iii) Crystal field splitting in an octahedral field

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Coordination Chemistry

It is a part of chemistry, in which the study of compounds that have central atoms surrounded by molecules or ions, known as ligand, is known as coordination chemistry.