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The following compound is called diethylenetriamine and is abbreviated “dien”:
When it bonds to a metal, it is a ligand with three donor atoms.
(a) Which are most likely the donor atoms?
(b) What is the coordination number of cobalt in the complex
(c) Sketch the structure of the complex
(d) Which complex would be expected to be more stable in aqueous solution,
(e) What would be the structure of triethylenetetraamine?
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